From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: General circular buffer example not tied to any specific type
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:58:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rdup49$sei$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lypn99cbbl.fsf@pushface.org>
On 7/6/20 10:11 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
>
> Any *definite* type. I don't remember whether that would suit the
> original requirement in this thread.
I don't think "requirement" applies. "Circular buffer of untyped values" is at
best a design decision. Trying to bypass the type system is usually an
indication of a design problem, in my experience.
--
Jeff Carter
"In the frozen land of Nador they were forced to
eat Robin's minstrels, and there was much rejoicing."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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2020-07-04 17:00 General circular buffer example not tied to any specific type Daniel
2020-07-04 17:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-07-05 9:37 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-05 9:52 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-05 13:25 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-07-05 15:36 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-05 18:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-07-05 19:51 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-06 8:11 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-06 8:58 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2020-07-06 10:34 ` Simon Wright
2020-07-06 11:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-09-03 10:31 ` riya patel
2020-09-24 4:10 ` nimaopatel121
2020-09-24 4:39 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-09-25 14:32 ` Simon Wright
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