2014/1/14-2/5 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:54763 Activity:nil | 1/14 Why is NULL defined to be "0" in C++ instead of "((void *) 0)" like in
C? I have some overloaded functtions where one takes an integer
parameter and the other a pointer parameter. When I call it with
"NULL", the compiler matches it with the integer version instead of
the pointer version which is a problem. Other funny effect is that
sizeof(NULL) is different from sizeof(myPtr). Thanks.
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2013/4/29-5/18 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus, Computer/SW/Compilers] UID:54665 Activity:nil | 4/29 Why were C and Java designed to require "break;" statements for a
"case" section to terminate rather than falling-through to the next
section? 99% of the time poeple want a "case" section to terminate.
In fact some compilers issue warning if there is no "break;" statement
in a "case" section. Why not just design the languages to have
termination as the default behavior, and provide a "fallthru;"
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2012/7/19-11/7 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:54439 Activity:nil | 7/19 In C or C++, how do I write the code of a function with variable
number of parameters in order to pass the variable parameters to
another function that also has variable number of parameters? Thanks.
\_ The usual way (works on gcc 3.0+, Visual Studio 2005+):
#define foo(fmt, ...) printf(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
The cool new way (works on gcc 4.3+):
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2011/3/7-4/20 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:54056 Activity:nil | 3/7 I have a C question. I have the following source code in two identical
files t.c and t.cpp:
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
const char * const * p1;
const char * * p2;
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2011/2/5-19 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:54027 Activity:nil | 2/4 random C programming/linker fu question. If I have
int main() { printf("%s is at this adddr %p\n", "strlen", strlen); }
and soda's /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space is 2 (eg; on)
why is strlen (or any other libc fn) at the same address every time?
\_ I don't pretend to actually know the right answer to this, but
could it have something to do with shared libraries?
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2010/2/12-3/9 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:53708 Activity:nil | 2/12 I need a way to make a really big C++ executable (~200MBs) that does
nothing. No static initialization either. Any ideas?
\_ static link in lots of libraries?
\_ #define a i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0; i=0;
#define b a a a a a a a a a a
#define c b b b b b b b b b b
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2009/8/7-14 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus, Computer/SW/Languages/Java] UID:53252 Activity:high | 8/6 In C one can do "typedef int my_index_t;". What's the equivalent in
C#? Thanks.
\_ C#? Are you serious? Is this what the class of 2009 learn?
\_ No. I have to learn .NET code at work. I am Class of '93.
\_ python is what 2009 learns, see the motd thread about recent
cal courses and languages
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2009/7/21-24 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java] UID:53168 Activity:moderate | 7/20 For those who care btw, it looks like eclipse is now A Standard Tool
at UCB ugrad cs, probably replaced emacs. Furthermore, people get
angry at seeing Makefiles, (since eclispe takes care of that). I
guess it's just a sign of the times.
\_ The more people at my work use eclipse the less the code is
managable in emacs. I'm not sure which application's fault
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2013/10/24-2014/2/5 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd, Computer/SW] UID:54746 Activity:nil | 9/26 I remember there was web version of the motd with search function
(originally due to kchang ?). The last time I used it it was hosted
on the csua website but I can't remember its url (onset of dementia?)
now. Can somebody plz post it, tnx.
\_ http://csua.com
\_ for some reason I couldn't log in since Sept and the archiver
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2012/9/5-11/7 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:54472 Activity:nil | 9/4 It looks like there are some issues with wallall at the moment. Any
plans for it getting fixed? I can run wall, but wallall just gives an
error.
\_ Asking questions on the motd will not get any attention from
any undergrad. You should email politburo or perhaps csua. -ausman
\_ Asking questions on the motd will not get attention from any
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2012/4/23-6/4 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:54359 Activity:nil | 4/19 Motd updater thingy seems to be broken, does anyone know why?
If not, I will take a look later in the day. -ausman
\_ /etc/motd.public is not getting copied into /etc/motd for a while.
\_ Now it works and no one knows why. Strange. -ausman
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2012/2/24-3/26 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:54313 Activity:nil | 2/24 What newsreader should I use on soda?
\_ USENIX? You serious? Everyone switched to RSS.
\_ I think you mean usenet not usenix. usenet was generally much
better than blogs / rss (cf. comp.lang.c, comp.lang.perl,
the usenet oracle, alt.* with digg, slashdot, etc.)
link:reader.google.com is the best
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