Re: In-Out Parameters for functions

From: David Starner (dvdeug_at_email.ro)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:16:09 GMT

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:55:41 +0000, Hyman Rosen wrote:
> Yes, that's what my rules would accomplish. There are many people
> who are astonished to realize that in
> a := f(a(0)) + g(b(1));
> the only constraints are that a is called before f and b before g,
> but nothing else is required, so that six orders are possible:
> abfg abgf afbg bafg bagf bgaf

And there are many people who would be astonished if it matters
and feel compelled to go find the author and beat them over the
head with the ARM.

In any case, there are a lot of things many people would be
astonished to realize. Many people were astonished to realize
that C ints weren't 16 bits long; that didn't mean that the
standard should have changed the definition. Many people
are also astonished to find out that the size of an integer
isn't necessarily the same size as a pointer.

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