Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/23/03:03:20
Chirayu Krishnappa wrote:
>
> >However, all is not lost. There is a very useful header file
> >defined in the ANSI standard which contains things about the sizes
> >of variables. It's called limits.h. Among the things it defines
>
> Thanks! I'm using this approach now.
The only problem with it is that it's clumsy and in CS terms "not elegant".
I would really like some 'elegant' code to do it - as it is, I go with what
works...
> Me always use unsigned char. In Borland C++, I had a compiler switch, in
> GCC, I do it explictly!
Warning: with -Wall (all warnings on) passing a pointer to an array of unsigned
char to the string functions often causes loads of warning messages. You
can't win...
> Sorry. And BTW, I dunno anything about newsgroups, etc. Some html page had
> this djgpp mailing group bit and I registered. Thats all. Cd u tell me if
> something similair is possibe for a c++ newsgroup?
I don't know of any C++ newsgroups available as a mailing list. Perhaps if
someone does they could tell us. I also can't get newsgroups, so I'm in the
same position as you.
But some useful URLs:
comp.lang.c Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ List)
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/C-faq/faq/faq.html
1997 C++ Public Review Document
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/c++/pub/wp/html/cd2/
The latter is the 'current' C++ specification online. I believe it's a
mirror of the (American) main site, but it's the one in my bookmark list.
Of course, trying to find anything in there is a challenge: "you are lost
in a maze of twisty specifications, all looking completely different"...
Hope that helps,
Chris
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