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>> The C version is functional but will probably make more experienced C programmers cringe. Oh boy. This looks like the type of C code I write. Could some exp

• VMG 14y ago
  Not being a experienced C programmer by any measure, but this doesn't look right to me: https://github.com/thraxil/boggle/blob/master/boggle.c#L92 https://github.com/thraxil/boggle/blob/master/boggle.c#L92 struct foo f() { struct foo f; return f; } isn't returning a stack-allocated struct a bad idea?
  • tosseraccount 14y ago
    It returns a copy of it. Example: #include <stdio.h> struct foo { char space[1024]; }; struct foo f() { struct foo f; printf("address of f is %p\n",&f); return f; } int main() { struct foo g; g = f(); printf("address of g is %p\n",&g); return 0; } produces this output: address of f is 0x7fbfffec30 address of g is 0x7fbffff050
    • Jare 14y ago
      If I remember correctly (been a long time), most compilers would implement many cases of struct return by letting the caller pass the address of a block of (stack) memory to contain the return value. The function can then optimize things to get rid of its local copy, operate directly on the intended target, and the caller doesn't need to perform any copies.
    • VMG 14y ago
      Thanks, I didn't know that.