Re: C as used/implemented in practice

Re:Re: C as used/implemented in practice by cremno on Monday July 13, 2015 @09:15PM (#9882271)

>C has a very weak type system and very weak runtime guarantees, making it much easier to introduce problems with no indication that something's up.

Here's an interesting example I've stumbled upon a few weeks ago:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31037149/type-safety-for...

float _Complex -> float doesn't require any diagnostic even though the imaginary component is (silently) discarded. Clang has one (not enabled by default or -Wall/-Wextra) however current GCC versions haven't.

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Re:Re: C as used/implemented in practice by asveikau on Monday July 13, 2015 @11:37PM (#9882742)

I'm sure both people using C99 support for complex numbers are really bothered by this.

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Re:Re: C as used/implemented in practice by stephencanon on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:04AM (#9883971)

Nope, never been a problem. Can't speak for the other guy.

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Re:Re: C as used/implemented in practice by FreeFull on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @08:14AM (#9884236)

Never been a problem for me either.

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