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Re: [PATCH] pass constants as first argument to st_mult()

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 3, 2016, 20:04 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 12:59:34PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
> I think I'd find calloc intuitive as a typical textbook question, "I
> want to have space for "foos", which each cost 5 memory, go figure out
> how much I need and hand it back to me".

I think it is more a language question than a math one, though. Is it "5 instances, costing 30 each" or "30-cost instances, 5 times". They are the same semantically (there is no "30 instances of a 5-cost thing", which does not map to the problem space), but just with a different order.

-Peff
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  1. pass constants as first argument to st_mult()René Scharfe, Jul 30, 2016
  2. Jeff KingAug 1, 2016
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  6. Jeff KingAug 3, 2016
  7. Christian CouderAug 3, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2016
  9. Jeff KingAug 3, 2016
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2016
  11. Stefan BellerAug 3, 2016
  12. Jeff KingAug 3, 2016

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