From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: General circular buffer example not tied to any specific type
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:34:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lylfjxc4or.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: rdup49$sei$1@dont-email.me
"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
> On 7/6/20 10:11 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
>>
>> Any *definite* type. I don't remember whether that would suit the
>> original requirement in this thread.
>
> I don't think "requirement" applies. "Circular buffer of untyped
> values" is at best a design decision. Trying to bypass the type system
> is usually an indication of a design problem, in my experience.
Yes. There would have to be some mechanism for the receiving end to
decide what to do with the next lot of bytes!
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-04 17:00 General circular buffer example not tied to any specific type Daniel
2020-07-04 17:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-07-05 9:37 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-05 9:52 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-05 13:25 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-07-05 15:36 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-05 18:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-07-05 19:51 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-06 8:11 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-06 8:58 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-07-06 10:34 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2020-07-06 11:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-09-03 10:31 ` riya patel
2020-09-24 4:10 ` nimaopatel121
2020-09-24 4:39 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-09-25 14:32 ` Simon Wright
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