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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Broken compilers (Was Portability of passing/operating on structures)
Message-ID: <2003@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 25 Oct 88 19:45:14 GMT
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In article <7356@ihlpl.ATT.COM> knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) writes:
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>This is my main objection to structure and array assignment and
>passing.  Aside from being hideously wasteful of time and stack space,
>they permit common typo errors (omission of &) to go undetected.

I brought this up, and it was pointed out that this is what function
prototypes are for. I'm happy with this, and as soon as they bring the
compiler I use up to X3J11 I'll be ecstatic.

Don't worry. Be happy. it's in there.
-- 
Peter da Silva  `-_-'  Ferranti International Controls Corporation
"Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?"     uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter
Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn business.   peter@ficc.uu.net