[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #10396: [PATCHSET] Make Haiku userland compile and work with Clang
- From: "stippi" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:09:46 -0000
#10396: [PATCHSET] Make Haiku userland compile and work with Clang
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Reporter: js | Owner: bonefish
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1/beta1
Component: - General | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: fixed | Keywords: clang
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 1 | Platform: All
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Comment (by stippi):
No, problem, but you still don't quite understand what I mean. You don't
need to explain to me about operator precedence, although that stuff is
generally more fuzzy to me than other areas. However, I wrote that code,
so as far as that is concerned, I understand it.
I am talking about one new thing introduced by BStackOrHeapArray that one
needs to understand here, which is that before the compiler can use the
array operator, it needs to apply a pointer cast. If one knows that, it
becomes clear why the compiler knows how to do the right thing in my
example, and why a [] operator is not needed in BStackOrHeapArray.
So the ''gain'' for me is not having to know an ''additional'' thing.
Obviuosly I knew that my solution would require one more line to be
written, I even pointed it out in that comment. So you don't need to
remind me of that, but you need to ask yourself why I am Ok with it. The
answer is simply that it is slightly more important to me not needing to
know one more thing about the code than having to write one more line.
That's all. I don't think "ugly" has anything to do with it. That is like
thinking code needs to be short above anything else, which is certainly
not true as simple as that.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/10396#comment:26>
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