scs@adam.mit.edu (Steve Summit) (11/03/90)
In article <1990Nov1.050635.14431@athena.mit.edu> I once again typed in too many changes without proofreading them carefully enough, so now I have to beg your forgiveness while pointing out that >A: When structures are passed as arguments to functions, the entire > struct is typically pushed on the stack, using as many words as are > required. (Pointers to functions are often chosen precisely to > avoid this overhead.) should, of course, really say "...Pointers to structures are often chosen...". Thanks to Chris Torek for pointing this out. Another, more minor one, which I wouldn't mention if I didn't have to correct the above, is in > because syntax errors would result if it were invoked (apparently as > a single statement, but with a resultant an extra semicolon) as the which should obviously say something like "but with a resultant extra semicolon." Sorry for any confusion. Steve Summit scs@adam.mit.edu