Messages in this thread | | | From | dewar@gnat ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] C undefined behavior fix | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:15:21 -0500 (EST) |
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<<But this is not the memory model of C! Adding an offset to a pointer is an operation involving objects defined by the C language, and not machine registers. Sometimes, this makes a noticeable difference. >>
Indeed Alex Stepanov notes that Ada unlike C, *does* have general pointer arithmetic, assuming a linear address space, and finds the lack of this in C a problem :-) :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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