What is the meaning of the following decaration:
char ( * ( * X( ) )[ ] ) ( )
and
char ( * (*X[5] )( ) ) [10]
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What is the meaning of the following decaration:
char ( * ( * X( ) )[ ] ) ( )
and
char ( * (*X[5] )( ) ) [10]
Have you tried putting that into a compiler and messing around with output statements to see what it is?
What do you think it says?
Run cdecl on these little monsters; the person who came up with declarations
like that deserves a head first defenestration. Even some simple typedefs could've
untangled those little creeps.
kind regards,
Jos
the person who came up with declarations
like that deserves a head first defenestration. Even some simple typedefs could've
untangled those little creeps.
Why do teachers insist on going through these types of obfuscation exercises, and doing things like "implement a linked list on your own" instead of actually showing people how to use them?
Why do teachers insist on going through these types of obfuscation exercises, and doing things like "implement a linked list on your own" instead of actually showing people how to use them?
I think it's the 'revenge of the teachers' who have to grade all that 'stolen', copied
and pasted homework over and over again.
kind regards,
Jos ;-)
...things like "implement a linked list on your own" instead of actually showing people how to use them?
Well, being one of the students who was told to "implement a linked list on your own," I can say that I had no clue how a linked list worked until I built one from the ground up. Now I have a good idea as to how a linked list works, even the one in STL. Sometimes people learn by a "hands-on" approach, by dismantling and rebuilding concepts.
Well, being one of the students who was told to "implement a linked list on your own," I can say that I had no clue how a linked list worked until I built one from the ground up. Now I have a good idea as to how a linked list works, even the one in STL. Sometimes people learn by a "hands-on" approach, by dismantling and rebuilding concepts.
I did it too, but I also ended up taking a graduate level java course about a year after that. The things that were taught in there didn't have me re-invent the wheel to learn how a wheel worked, it had me using wheels in every way imaginable to learn how they worked. It's a paradigm shift that I think would greatly benefit students, but is difficult for most teachers to pull off.
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