Re:Deconstructing "K&R C"
by angersock on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @01:11PM
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If I can make a suggestion, then. I apologize if you've already covered this elsewhere in your book, but:
Please encourage the use of the "restrict" keyword to encourage proper aliasing optimization by compilers.
Also, would it be worth considering, perhaps in a chapter on how-to-deal-with-C-style-strings-if-you-must, including a section on writing compiler-independent macros to emulate safer calls like the str*_s variants in VS. These functions are usually slightly-different in incantation across VS and GCC, so it might be helpful to abstract them. It also is a relatively simple exercise in preprocessor macros with a clear benefit.
Please encourage the use of the "restrict" keyword to encourage proper aliasing optimization by compilers.
Also, would it be worth considering, perhaps in a chapter on how-to-deal-with-C-style-strings-if-you-must, including a section on writing compiler-independent macros to emulate safer calls like the str*_s variants in VS. These functions are usually slightly-different in incantation across VS and GCC, so it might be helpful to abstract them. It also is a relatively simple exercise in preprocessor macros with a clear benefit.