18 Oct
2014
18 Oct
'14
1:41 a.m.
Larry - AMEN.
The key is that in the old days it was much easier to glance and code and
know which struct or union was being examined. Today, that context is lost
and I have to think more about what the type of the ptr is. Yes the
>compiler<< knows, but I as the random
programmer reading the code later
do not.
Larry and my experiences with very, very good programmers is the same.
Clem
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:46 PM, John Cowan <cowan(a)mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
Larry McVoy scripsit:
xyz.size
abc.size
foobar.size
What are the types of those structures?
You can't tell because the names are meaningless. With more meaningful
names, it's usually possible to see what the type must be.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan(a)ccil.org
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less
than half of you half as well as you deserve. --Bilbo
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