Re: C++ pushback

Avi Kivity
2006-04-25T09:00:45Z

Martin Mares wrote:
>
>> That seems to be a case against writing functions.
>>
>> Why is a C function acceptable where a C++ constructor isn't?
>>
>
> Because examining a single constructor is not enough -- you need to
> check constructors of all objects contained within the object you
> initialize.
>
> Calling a C function is simple and explicit -- a quick glance over
> the code is enough to tell what gets called.
>
>
No, you need to check all the functions it calls as well.

But I agree that C is more explicit than C++.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function