Re: noalias

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From: Greg Comeau
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 23:30

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In article <DI05tq.Ht7@kroete2.freinet.de> erik@kroete2.freinet.de (Erik Corry) writes:
>There was a proposed 'noalias' keyword for C (or was it C++?) that
>was withdrawn, apparently after Dennis Ritchie more-or-less
>vetoed it.

Just a quick point that Dennis Ritchie wasn't even an ANSI C voting
member, so it was the committee who "vetoed" it (Actually: turned around
their decision).

(Sorry if it sounds like I'm trying to nitpick, but it's easy for
folks to misinterpret how the committee functions).

- Greg
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From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau)
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Subject: Re: noalias
Date: 17 Nov 1995 18:30:10 -0500
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