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↑ ↓ ← → David L. Davis <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> writes:

In article <dfrj9u$1goe$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
Hopefully resolves the Linux line number problems.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog.html


Walter,

I was wondering, will the character literals for char, wchar, and dchar
datatypes get the same suffix treatment added to them as the string literals
char[], wchar[], and dchar[] datatypes did with the "char[]"c, "wchar[]"w, and
"dchar[]"d?

Thanks for your reply in advance.

David L.

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Sep 10 2005

↑ ↓ ← → David L. Davis <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> writes:

In article <dfutpn$260n$1 digitaldaemon.com>, David L. Davis says...
In article <dfrj9u$1goe$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
Hopefully resolves the Linux line number problems.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog.html


Walter,

I was wondering, will the character literals for char, wchar, and dchar
datatypes get the same suffix treatment added to them as the string literals
char[], wchar[], and dchar[] datatypes did with the "char[]"c, "wchar[]"w, and
"dchar[]"d?

Thanks for your reply in advance.

David L.


Walter,

Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it! I've always had this problem
with right-hand-side, left-hand-side...it really caused me a lot of trouble
during these quick marching practices I had to do back when I was in the U.S.
Army. I had to slightly giggle my right hand to keep myself straight, man was
that a chore! <g>   

David L.

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Sep 10 2005

↑ ↓ ← → David L. Davis <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> writes:

In article <dfvg7h$hdt$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Jarrett Billingsley says...
"David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:dfv1bh$2cob$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it!


Actually, you got it right the first time - a suffix is something tacked on 
to the end.  A prefix is tacked on to the beginning.  And postfix.. I don't 
think it's a noun ;) 


Jarrett,

Thanks, you're right. :) But please replace "giggle" with "wiggle"...;) Gee! I
must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed today.

David L.

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Sep 10 2005

↑ ↓ ← → John Demme <me teqdruid.com> writes:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:38:14 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley wrote:

 "David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> wrote in message 
 news:dfv1bh$2cob$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it!


 Actually, you got it right the first time - a suffix is something tacked on 
 to the end.  A prefix is tacked on to the beginning.  And postfix.. I don't 
 think it's a noun ;)


Postfix is an SMTP server. A pretty good one, too.

Sep 10 2005

↑ ↓ ← → Chris Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> writes:

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 "David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> wrote in message 
 news:dfv1bh$2cob$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 
Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it!


 Actually, you got it right the first time - a suffix is something tacked on 
 to the end.  A prefix is tacked on to the beginning.  And postfix.. I don't 
 think it's a noun ;) 
 


Out of curiousity, I checked with a dictionary, and it has postfix listed, as a
synonym to 
suffix...  Not really surprising, postposition is a word (compliment to
preposition) so 
why shouldn't postfix be?  :)

-- Chris Sauls

Sep 11 2005

↑ ↓ ← → John Reimer <terminal.node gmail.com> writes:

David L. Davis wrote:

 
 
 Walter,
 
 Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it! I've always had this problem
 with right-hand-side, left-hand-side...it really caused me a lot of trouble
 during these quick marching practices I had to do back when I was in the U.S.
 Army. I had to slightly giggle my right hand to keep myself straight, man was
 that a chore! <g>   
 
 David L.
 
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 "Dare to reach for the Stars...Dare to Dream, Build, and Achieve!"
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 MKoD: http://spottedtiger.tripod.com/D_Language/D_Main_XP.html


I hear you, David.  I've always had the same problem.  In latter years 
it hasn't been so bad as when I was young.

My method of determining which hand has always been to flick the 
fingers.  That technique goes back to when I used to play a game 
(Canadian origin, I think) called Crokinole.  You had to flick round 
plastic (or wood) pieces across a plywood board.  I am right-handed... 
so that helped me determine that hand. :-)

Now and again, when I'm wasted, I still forget right and left. I guess 
we're all burdened with some handicap, whether it be physical or 
abstract.  :-P

-JJR

Sep 10 2005

↑ ↓ ← → Georg Wrede <georg.wrede nospam.org> writes:

John Reimer wrote:
 David L. Davis wrote:
 Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it! I've always had
 this problem with right-hand-side, left-hand-side...it really
 caused me a lot of trouble during these quick marching practices I
 had to do back when I was in the U.S. Army. I had to slightly
 giggle my right hand to keep myself straight, man was that a chore!
 <g> David L.


 I hear you, David.  I've always had the same problem.  In latter
 years it hasn't been so bad as when I was young.
 
 My method of determining which hand has always been to flick the 
 fingers.  That technique goes back to when I used to play a game 
 (Canadian origin, I think) called Crokinole.  You had to flick round
  plastic (or wood) pieces across a plywood board.  I am
 right-handed... so that helped me determine that hand. :-)
 
 Now and again, when I'm wasted, I still forget right and left. I
 guess we're all burdened with some handicap, whether it be physical
 or abstract.  :-P


Very interesting. When I was doing my driving license exam, the 
inspector kept on babbling and asking things. I was busy driving by the 
book. Then he told me to turn left and I turned right. He got suspicious 
that I was avoiding a particular difficult crossing down the block.

Heh, I told him my mother tongue is not Finnish, it's Swedish. (Which 
was a lie, of course.)

Even today if I'm driving and somebody quickly tells me to turn either 
way, I probably turn the opposite way.

What really interests me is that I've never had any other problems 
related to this. (Like driving on the wrong lane, not knowing which hand 
to use for things, or operating complicated machinery.)

Sep 12 2005

↑ ↓ ← → pragma <pragma_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <43258ECF.8030305 nospam.org>, Georg Wrede says...
John Reimer wrote:
 David L. Davis wrote:
 Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it! I've always had
 this problem with right-hand-side, left-hand-side...it really
 caused me a lot of trouble during these quick marching practices I
 had to do back when I was in the U.S. Army. I had to slightly
 giggle my right hand to keep myself straight, man was that a chore!
 <g> David L.


 I hear you, David.  I've always had the same problem.  In latter
 years it hasn't been so bad as when I was young.
 
 My method of determining which hand has always been to flick the 
 fingers.  That technique goes back to when I used to play a game 
 (Canadian origin, I think) called Crokinole.  You had to flick round
  plastic (or wood) pieces across a plywood board.  I am
 right-handed... so that helped me determine that hand. :-)
 
 Now and again, when I'm wasted, I still forget right and left. I
 guess we're all burdened with some handicap, whether it be physical
 or abstract.  :-P


Very interesting. When I was doing my driving license exam, the 
inspector kept on babbling and asking things. I was busy driving by the 
book. Then he told me to turn left and I turned right. He got suspicious 
that I was avoiding a particular difficult crossing down the block.

Heh, I told him my mother tongue is not Finnish, it's Swedish. (Which 
was a lie, of course.)

Even today if I'm driving and somebody quickly tells me to turn either 
way, I probably turn the opposite way.

What really interests me is that I've never had any other problems 
related to this. (Like driving on the wrong lane, not knowing which hand 
to use for things, or operating complicated machinery.)


My wife has this problem too.  Typically, its only when she's preoccupied with
something.  I used to try and remind her that "right is the hand you write
with", but it never really stuck (not for any lack of trying).  Now that we've
been together for a while, I can now pick up on when she's most likely to
juxtapose the two... and I instinctively tell her the wrong (right) direction.
;)

There's just something about this kind of thing that is terribly hard to
unlearn, but its not at all uncommon.

- EricAnderton at yahoo

Sep 12 2005

↑ ↓ ← → BCS <BCS_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <dg47jj$1tad$1 digitaldaemon.com>, pragma says...
In article <43258ECF.8030305 nospam.org>, Georg Wrede says...
John Reimer wrote:
 David L. Davis wrote:
 Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it! I've always had
 this problem with right-hand-side, left-hand-side...it really
 caused me a lot of trouble during these quick marching practices I
 had to do back when I was in the U.S. Army. I had to slightly
 giggle my right hand to keep myself straight, man was that a chore!
 <g> David L.


 I hear you, David.  I've always had the same problem.  In latter
 years it hasn't been so bad as when I was young.
 
 My method of determining which hand has always been to flick the 
 fingers.  That technique goes back to when I used to play a game 
 (Canadian origin, I think) called Crokinole.  You had to flick round
  plastic (or wood) pieces across a plywood board.  I am
 right-handed... so that helped me determine that hand. :-)
 
 Now and again, when I'm wasted, I still forget right and left. I
 guess we're all burdened with some handicap, whether it be physical
 or abstract.  :-P


Very interesting. When I was doing my driving license exam, the 
inspector kept on babbling and asking things. I was busy driving by the 
book. Then he told me to turn left and I turned right. He got suspicious 
that I was avoiding a particular difficult crossing down the block.

Heh, I told him my mother tongue is not Finnish, it's Swedish. (Which 
was a lie, of course.)

Even today if I'm driving and somebody quickly tells me to turn either 
way, I probably turn the opposite way.

What really interests me is that I've never had any other problems 
related to this. (Like driving on the wrong lane, not knowing which hand 
to use for things, or operating complicated machinery.)


My wife has this problem too.  Typically, its only when she's preoccupied with
something.  I used to try and remind her that "right is the hand you write
with", but it never really stuck (not for any lack of trying).  Now that we've
been together for a while, I can now pick up on when she's most likely to
juxtapose the two... and I instinctively tell her the wrong (right) direction.
;)

There's just something about this kind of thing that is terribly hard to
unlearn, but its not at all uncommon.

- EricAnderton at yahoo



I have never met anyone with the handicap, but I have heard that it is possible
to loose the ability to understand right (or left) while still being able to
understand the other side. (Look up the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a
Hat")

Sep 13 2005

↑ ↓ ← → Georg Wrede <georg.wrede nospam.org> writes:

BCS wrote:
 In article <dg47jj$1tad$1 digitaldaemon.com>, pragma says...
 
In article <43258ECF.8030305 nospam.org>, Georg Wrede says...

John Reimer wrote:

David L. Davis wrote:

Opps! Replace "suffix" with "postfix"...darn it! I've always had
this problem with right-hand-side, left-hand-side...it really
caused me a lot of trouble during these quick marching practices I
had to do back when I was in the U.S. Army. I had to slightly
giggle my right hand to keep myself straight, man was that a chore!
<g> David L.


I hear you, David.  I've always had the same problem.  In latter
years it hasn't been so bad as when I was young.

My method of determining which hand has always been to flick the 
fingers.  That technique goes back to when I used to play a game 
(Canadian origin, I think) called Crokinole.  You had to flick round
 plastic (or wood) pieces across a plywood board.  I am
right-handed... so that helped me determine that hand. :-)

Now and again, when I'm wasted, I still forget right and left. I
guess we're all burdened with some handicap, whether it be physical
or abstract.  :-P


Very interesting. When I was doing my driving license exam, the 
inspector kept on babbling and asking things. I was busy driving by the 
book. Then he told me to turn left and I turned right. He got suspicious 
that I was avoiding a particular difficult crossing down the block.

Heh, I told him my mother tongue is not Finnish, it's Swedish. (Which 
was a lie, of course.)

Even today if I'm driving and somebody quickly tells me to turn either 
way, I probably turn the opposite way.

What really interests me is that I've never had any other problems 
related to this. (Like driving on the wrong lane, not knowing which hand 
to use for things, or operating complicated machinery.)


My wife has this problem too.  Typically, its only when she's preoccupied with
something.  I used to try and remind her that "right is the hand you write
with", but it never really stuck (not for any lack of trying).  Now that we've
been together for a while, I can now pick up on when she's most likely to
juxtapose the two... and I instinctively tell her the wrong (right) direction.
;)

There's just something about this kind of thing that is terribly hard to
unlearn, but its not at all uncommon.

- EricAnderton at yahoo


 
 
 I have never met anyone with the handicap, but I have heard that it is possible
 to loose the ability to understand right (or left) while still being able to
 understand the other side. (Look up the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For
a
 Hat")


Yeah, well, I could tell you all about how my ex wife mistook me for a 
loser. ;-(

Anyhow, this is totally separate from the Hat issue. (I've read the book.)

Sep 13 2005

↑ ↓ ← → "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dfutpn$260n$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I was wondering, will the character literals for char, wchar, and dchar
 datatypes get the same suffix treatment added to them as the string


 char[], wchar[], and dchar[] datatypes did with the "char[]"c, "wchar[]"w,


 "dchar[]"d?


That should probably be done, too.

Sep 10 2005

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