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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: What do you think about this?
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:20:02 -0700
Date: 2015-06-25T10:20:02-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mmhd5h$qef$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86k2usq66p.fsf@stephe-leake.org>

On 06/25/2015 06:16 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
> "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
> 
>> This is a terrible idea. As compiler writer, ARG member, and ARM editor Brukardt
>> said recently in another thread, anonymous access types are evil. 
> 
> This is one place they are very useful.

Still evil and to be avoided, even here.

>> I would even
>> argue against a named access type for this, since unbounded strings are
>> available. In this case, the OP has an instance of bounded strings available and
>> would probably want to use that.
> 
> That makes them non-constant, which is certainly _not_ the intent!

Declaring the array constant deals with that.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I unclog my nose towards you."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-25 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-21 18:38 Is there an easier way for this? Laurent
2015-06-21 19:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2015-06-21 19:41   ` Laurent
2015-06-21 19:25 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-21 19:42   ` Laurent
2015-06-22 12:23   ` Laurent
2015-06-22 15:01     ` G.B.
2015-06-22 15:40       ` Laurent
2015-06-22 16:47     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-22 16:41   ` Laurent
2015-06-22 16:47     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-22 17:18       ` Laurent
2015-06-22 18:04         ` What do you think about this? Laurent
2015-06-23 14:21           ` Stephen Leake
2015-06-23 19:51             ` Laurent
2015-06-23 20:20               ` Anh Vo
2015-06-23 21:03                 ` Laurent
2015-06-23 22:17                   ` Shark8
2015-06-24  5:57                     ` Anh Vo
2015-06-24  7:58                       ` Laurent
2015-06-24 21:06                       ` Laurent
2015-06-24 21:45                         ` Anh Vo
2015-06-24 21:59                           ` Laurent
2015-06-24 22:35                           ` Simon Wright
2015-06-24 22:59                             ` Laurent
2015-06-25  2:56                               ` Anh Vo
2015-06-25  7:29                               ` Simon Wright
2015-06-25 16:55                                 ` Anh Vo
2015-06-25 17:27                                   ` Simon Wright
2015-06-25 18:13                                 ` Laurent
2015-06-25 18:36                                   ` Simon Wright
2015-06-24 23:10                             ` Anh Vo
2015-06-24 10:17               ` Stephen Leake
2015-06-24 17:20                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-24 20:50                   ` Laurent
2015-06-24 22:30                     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-24 22:52                       ` Laurent
2015-06-27 17:12                       ` Laurent
2015-06-27 17:43                         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-27 17:47                         ` J-P. Rosen
2015-06-27 18:54                         ` Simon Wright
2015-06-27 19:37                           ` Laurent
2015-06-27 19:47                             ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-06-27 20:39                             ` Simon Wright
2015-06-28  4:45                             ` J-P. Rosen
2015-06-28 14:08                         ` Stephen Leake
2015-06-28 16:10                           ` Laurent
2015-06-25 13:16                   ` Stephen Leake
2015-06-25 17:20                     ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2015-07-02 21:51                       ` Randy Brukardt
2015-07-03 12:31                         ` Stephen Leake
2015-07-03 17:11                           ` Laurent
2015-07-03 17:46                             ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-07-03 18:49                               ` Laurent
2015-07-04  3:26                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-07-03 19:17                             ` Simon Wright
2015-07-04  3:30                               ` Randy Brukardt
2015-07-04  4:19                                 ` Laurent
2015-07-04  7:43                                   ` Simon Wright
2015-07-04  9:07                                     ` Laurent
2015-07-04  7:42                                 ` Simon Wright
2015-07-05  0:56                                   ` Randy Brukardt
2015-07-03 17:35                           ` Randy Brukardt
2015-07-05 13:55                             ` Stephen Leake
2015-07-06 20:07                               ` Randy Brukardt
2015-06-24 20:21                 ` Laurent
2015-06-21 19:38 ` Is there an easier way for this? Pascal Obry
2015-06-21 19:54   ` Laurent
2015-06-21 20:39     ` Pascal Obry
2015-06-24  7:14 ` gautier_niouzes
2015-06-24 21:08   ` Laurent
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