On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Robert Dewar wrote:
> For another take, though the Ada standard extensively uses the word
> integral, it does prefer integer type, by analogy with array type,
> record type etc, where no adjective is available.
>
> But as noted the C++ standard prefers integral type, so might
On 8 July 2010 13:45, Robert Dewar wrote:
> Joern Rennecke wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Robert Dewar :
>>
>>> But as noted the C++ standard prefers integral type, so might as well
>>> standardize on that when talking about C or C++.
>>
>> I think it also helps clarity to speak of integral types. I.e. in t
Joern Rennecke wrote:
Quoting Robert Dewar :
But as noted the C++ standard prefers integral type, so might as well
standardize on that when talking about C or C++.
I think it also helps clarity to speak of integral types. I.e. in the C
family of languages, 'char' is an integral type, but you
Quoting Robert Dewar :
But as noted the C++ standard prefers integral type, so might as well
standardize on that when talking about C or C++.
I think it also helps clarity to speak of integral types. I.e. in the C
family of languages, 'char' is an integral type, but you may not use the
'int'
Paolo Carlini wrote:
... I only want to add - I said this to the OP in private email too -
that we also have in widespread use expressions like 'integral constant'
and even 'is_integral' (standardized in the C++0x library). Thus I don't
see the point of changing now, after so many years, that spe
... I only want to add - I said this to the OP in private email too -
that we also have in widespread use expressions like 'integral constant'
and even 'is_integral' (standardized in the C++0x library). Thus I don't
see the point of changing now, after so many years, that specific
integral in the d
> > > But in the C++ standard "integral expression" is more common.
"integral" is an adjective and "integer" is a noun.
"integer expression", though gramatically wrong (or, at best, an
elision of two nouns), is perfectly clear and unambiguous, whereas
"integral expression", though gramatically co
Nils Schlemminger wrote:
Am 08.07.2010 10:49, schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
On 8 July 2010 07:12, Nils Schlemminger wrote:
Am 08.07.2010 00:56, schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
The usage is correct in "standardese" and English.
My dictionary gives one definition of "integral" as "denoting a number
that
Am 08.07.2010 10:49, schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
On 8 July 2010 07:12, Nils Schlemminger wrote:
Am 08.07.2010 00:56, schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
The usage is correct in "standardese" and English.
My dictionary gives one definition of "integral" as "denoting a number
that is an integer".
Thats co
On 8 July 2010 07:12, Nils Schlemminger wrote:
> Am 08.07.2010 00:56, schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
>>
>> The usage is correct in "standardese" and English.
>> My dictionary gives one definition of "integral" as "denoting a number
>> that is an integer".
>>
>
> Thats correct but not all non native spea
Am 08.07.2010 00:56, schrieb Jonathan Wakely:
The usage is correct in "standardese" and English.
My dictionary gives one definition of "integral" as "denoting a number
that is an integer".
Thats correct but not all non native speaker know that. The word integer
is more common.
Cheers
Nils
On 07/07/2010 23:56, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 7 July 2010 19:12, Paolo Carlini wrote:
>> On 07/07/2010 08:02 PM, Trevor Smedley wrote:
>>> On the page http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html the term
>>> "integral" is used twice in the section " Built-in Function: long
>>> __buil
On 7 July 2010 19:12, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> On 07/07/2010 08:02 PM, Trevor Smedley wrote:
>> On the page http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html the term
>> "integral" is used twice in the section " Built-in Function: long
>> __builtin_expect (long exp, long c)", where what is inte
On 07/07/2010 08:02 PM, Trevor Smedley wrote:
> On the page http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html the term
> "integral" is used twice in the section " Built-in Function: long
> __builtin_expect (long exp, long c)", where what is intended is "integer".
>
I'm not a native English
On the page http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html the term
"integral" is used twice in the section " Built-in Function: long
__builtin_expect (long exp, long c)", where what is intended is "integer".
Trevor Smedley
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