Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!mtune!codas!ateng!chip
From: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Re: A bad design decision early on in ANSI C.
Message-ID: <144@ateng.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 88 18:20:54 GMT
References: <572@ambush.UUCP>
Reply-To: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg)
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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In article <572@ambush.UUCP> kimcm@ambush.UUCP writes:
> [concerning structure assignment and structures as function arguments]
>
> Although I agree that it is a nice feature - but dangerous on some systems:
>
>	1) Forget the & when passing a pointer blows your program.

Forget an ampersand almost anywhere in C and your program goes out to lunch.

>	2) Passing of huge structures may bomb the stack on small systems.

Huge structures as local variables may bomb small stacks.

Repeat after me:    "That which does not protect you cannot hinder you."
Now the final word: "If you're _that_ concerned, lint the program first."
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