Re: The external interface for the parser piece

At 01:25 PM 11/28/00 -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 07:03:49PM +0000, Tom Hughes wrote:
> > Applying the maxim that any software design problem can be solved
> > with sufficient levels of abstraction I'd suggest that passing some
>
>A related warning sign is trying to cram different semantic levels or
>types into same data.  (C's "string model" being perhaps the most
>obvious example, getchar() having to be an int is another, "0 but true"
>a third...I want a "1 but false" :-)

Which ways is that one being violated? (I can think of a couple 
personally... :)

					Dan

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