talkaboutprogramming.com C Moderated http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/ $ en-us Copyright 2003-2005, Talk About Network. All Rights Reserved. 2008-05-15T00:05:19+00:00 TAN rss@talkaboutnetwork.com Discussion hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 talkaboutprogramming.com C Moderated http://tan12.talkaboutnetwork.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/ Non-null pointers in C/C++? http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32135.html Its been some time since I started wondering why the C/C++ languages do not have a non-null pointer (something like a copyable C++ reference)? In my opinion, using non-null pointers instead of the traditional ones (wherever appropriate) would provide... angel_tsankov ltfn42551@[EMAIL PROTECTED... Discussion 2008-05-13T01:06:32+00:00 pressing q or non-numeric char to exit loop/program http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32128.html Hi, this is a simple temperature converter (Fahrenheit to Celsius to Kelvin). Using gcc 4.0. The user is supposed to enter q or any other non-character to exit the program. Problem with this code: I enter q as soon as the program starts. It hangs.... icarus ltrsarpi@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-05-09T17:33:27+00:00 OCI and Postgres - Compile error http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32119.html I am trying to compile a code that includes header from both oracle and postgres /usr/local/pgsql/include/server/c.h:420: error: conflicting declaration typedef struct varlena text /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/public/oratypes.h:196: error: text ... iavian ltvijay@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-05-08T02:20:48+00:00 Pointer initialization and usage. http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32116.html The following code snippet works. I wonder how ? ( this is a code for microcontroller ) void main (void){ unsigned char xdata * data pwrite unsigned char code * data pread unsigned char test_array [16] unsigned char temp ..... ..... ..... pwrite ... Vickynathan ltragunath73@[EMAIL PROTECTE... Discussion 2008-05-08T02:20:26+00:00 too many TCBs opened http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32102.html I work for an application-service provider.. sort of... anyway. One of our many applications is actually a TN3270/telnet application which has hooks into a microsoft IE DLL to tunnel/encrypt the user traffic over SSL. So on the network, we see encr... ccie15672@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:55+00:00 Scanf http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32101.html Can scanf be use as a function?if so plz describe. -- comp.lang.c.moderated - moderation address: clcm@plethora.net -- you must have an appropriate newsgroups line in your header for your mail to be seen, or the newsgroup name in square brackets in ... C lang ltprabhujit.mohapatra@[EMAIL PROT... Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:53+00:00 defining macro parameters http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32100.html I would like to define a list of parameters, and then pass them to a macro. However, the compiler (gcc) only sees one parameter, rather than expanding the definition. Could anyone suggest a way of making this work (using the preprocessor)? #define ... Paul lt-@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:48+00:00 Length of Strings in an Arrray (at compile-time) http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32099.html How do I find the length of strings within an array at compile time? The following is not safe: const char* MyStrings[] = { one, two, three, end marker } #define StringLength(index) MyStrings[index+1] - MyStrings[index] Since the ... Paul lt-@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:45+00:00 translation from matlab to C object containing matrices undefine http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32095.html So what i need is this (Im very new at this,, programming in C I mean...) In matlab I had a while loop, and after each loop was done I added my resulting matrix to an object. Seeing the loop is conditional to my results I do not know in advance how ... adinda ltadinda.vandenberg@[EMAIL PROTEC... Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:36+00:00 Using C to launch an application http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32094.html Im new to programming. I am a Software Test Engineer. I am trying to write a program that launches a HyperACESS executable and then inputs a bunch of integers and characters into the application. I was thinking of using the system() function like... MarkF ltMFranklin1981@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:30+00:00 what does ... mean in printf?? http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32091.html Hi, In the protype of printf function, what does the ... mean. int printf(const char *format, ...) I undestand that this function can take variable number of arguements. How is it handled? what is it called? Thanks in advance AKM -- comp.lang... AKM ltakmahes@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-05-05T16:01:24+00:00 comp.lang.c Answers (Abridged) to Frequently Asked Questions (FA http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32082.html Archive-name: C-faq/abridged Comp-lang-c-archive-name: C-FAQ-list.abridged URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html [Last modified July 3, 2004 by scs.] This article is Copyright 1990-2004 by Steve Summit. Content from the book _C Programmin... scs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Summit) Discussion 2008-05-01T10:00:20+00:00 comp.lang.c FAQ list Table of Contents http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32081.html Archive-name: C-faq/toc Comp-lang-c-archive-name: C-FAQ-list.toc URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html [Last modified July 3, 2004 by scs.] This article is a table of contents for the comp.lang.c frequently-asked questions (FAQ) list, list... scs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Summit) Discussion 2008-05-01T10:00:17+00:00 comp.lang.c Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ List) http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32080.html Archive-name: C-faq/faq Comp-lang-c-archive-name: C-FAQ-list URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html [Last modified July 3, 2004 by scs.] This article is Copyright 1990-2004 by Steve Summit. Content from the book _C Programming FAQs: Freque... scs@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Summit) Discussion 2008-05-01T10:00:13+00:00 Is malloc() function provided in stdlib.h thread-safe? http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32077.html Hi all, Does anyone have experience on the thread-safty issue with malloc()? Some people said this function provided in stdlib.h is not thread- safe, but someone said it is thread safe. Is it possible this function evolves from thread-unsafe to th... climber.cui@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-04-21T13:20:27+00:00 C API Design http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32073.html Hi there, I havent kept up with the latest C best practices. In adapting (wrapping, mostly) a C++ API which throws on error, which of these might the better alternative, or are there other options I havent considered? /* Assume: */ typedef struc... Al lttwo@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-04-21T13:19:37+00:00 Problem in writing structure to Binary file in C lang http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32066.html Hi, I had written application for storing employee data in binary file and reading those data from binary file and display it in C language. But I face some issue with writing data to binary file. Here is my part of my code. struct cust_data { int ... zehra.mb@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-04-18T16:11:47+00:00 How should I reopen stdout, so that I can change stream orientat http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32063.html I want to reopen stdout, so that I can change stream orientation on stdout using fwide(). Can this be done using only C library routines? Thanks! -- comp.lang.c.moderated - moderation address: clcm@plethora.net -- you must have an appropriate newsg... Terry ltcong818@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-04-18T16:11:45+00:00 Working with Cash and uses of Typedef http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32050.html I am writing a poker game which needs to work with cash. I am aware that there are problems with floats that make them unsuitable for storing money values. On top of this I may be expected to do operations such as =A310.52 / 3. Which data type should... Philluminati ltPhillip.Ross.Taylor@[EMAI... Discussion 2008-04-16T16:57:04+00:00 Ambiguous errata solutions for KR2 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.c.moderated/messages/32047.html In KR2 errata page http://www-db-out.research.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/2ediffs.html there are some ambiguous errata, for which I propose solutions. Any comments are welcome. Ambiguous errata (mentioned first) of The C Programming Language 2nd Edi... Ioannis Vranos ltivranos@[EMAIL PROTECTE... 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