C Gibberish to English
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C Gibberish to English
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Re: C Gibberish to English
#2May need some bracket first then English.
Re: C Gibberish to English
#3Use typedef?
Granted, the function pointer syntax is forever confusing (to me anyway). The rest is easily tackled by naming things.
Even for function pointers, it’s just one lookup and then you can copy-paste the typedef for any other function pointer types in the project.
Re: C Gibberish to English
#4Is there a language that's substantially free of gibberish?
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Re: C Gibberish to English
#6Use typedef? Granted, the function pointer syntax is forever confusing (to me anyway). The rest is easily tackled by naming things. Even for function pointers, it’s just one lookup and then you can copy-paste the typedef for any other function pointer types in the project.
>Use typedef?
What if you're given somebody else's code and you need to understand it to put a typedef there
Re: C Gibberish to English
#7Why is it that the first thing I try tends to uncover shortcomings?
typedef uint64_t qbb_t __attribute__((vector_size(sizeof(uint64_t) * 4)))
Syntax error
OK, its an extension, meh.
Re: C Gibberish to English
#8Is this largely supplanted by LLMs?
Re: C Gibberish to English
#9Use typedef? Granted, the function pointer syntax is forever confusing (to me anyway). The rest is easily tackled by naming things. Even for function pointers, it’s just one lookup and then you can copy-paste the typedef for any other function pointer types in the project.
Reading C Type Declarations: http://unixwiz.net/techtips/reading-cdecl.html
(NOT the author. It simply helped me.)
Re: C Gibberish to English
#10Use typedef? Granted, the function pointer syntax is forever confusing (to me anyway). The rest is easily tackled by naming things. Even for function pointers, it’s just one lookup and then you can copy-paste the typedef for any other function pointer types in the project.
>Use typedef? What if you're given somebody else's code and you need to understand it to put a typedef there
Welp, if it’s that bad then shrug and use a #define
(Yes, this is a joke)