On 26/01/2011, at 12:46 PM, Erick Tryzelaar wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM, john skaller > <skal...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> I am thinking of introducing a new type to Felix: @t. This is a pointer to a >> t. >> Here's the rub: >> >> Apart from dereferencing, pointers in C have two extra properties: >> they can be NULL, and they can be incremented. > > I like the idea of making people explicitly test for nulls, but I > wonder if it'd make sense to push things even farther. Most new > languages these days don't directly expose raw pointers. Does it make > sense for us to do so, or could we get by without them?
A "pure" language might get away without them, but it would make binding to C libraries rather tricky :) -- john skaller skal...@users.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
