From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 9222@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9222: 23.3.50; "void" is not "typeless" (but thanks for the koan!)
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:13:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOnWdojyckZEjX5Pmpi-2GfghWN9qbtoSkLDNpg1w9buozk=uw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvk49fsmyn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On 11 September 2011 05:56, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> It's still not typeless: it's just that the type you get gives you no
> information about the data.
Moreover, in C, in which types are not first-class objects, no type
has a type, so every type is a typeless type.
I agree, BTW, that "unit type" is a better description of void than my
original "empty type".
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http://rrt.sc3d.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-11 8:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-02 13:12 bug#9222: 23.3.50; "void" is not "typeless" (but thanks for the koan!) Reuben Thomas
2011-09-11 1:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 3:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-11 3:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 4:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-11 8:13 ` Reuben Thomas [this message]
2011-09-11 8:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-09-11 14:38 ` Drew Adams
2011-09-12 12:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-10-14 16:08 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-14 19:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-10-14 19:38 ` Stefan Kangas
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