From 6093344973802615034 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ccbfcafab96cf493 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-06 10:43:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Pete Becker Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposol to increase robustness of programs Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:42:02 GMT Organization: Dinkumware, Ltd Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3C0EBAB4.A617EFAD@acm.org> References: <3BFE97B3.91430FB1@wanadoo.fr> <3C058126.36357A00@acm.org> <7dc3b1ea.0111300954.186f1ff5@posting.google.com> <3C094998.F387ABB1@acm.org> <7dc3b1ea.0112040358.1ab543ba@posting.google.com> <3C0D2BD7.C58D005E@acm.org> <7dc3b1ea.0112051131.3256045@posting.google.com> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1007664127 mail2news:21158 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Dec 2001 00:23:50 GMT X-Accept-Language: en Lines: 20 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:8516 Peter Dimov wrote: > > The question is not how many times has this happened to me, though. > The real question is, how much time have I lost checking signatures. I > don't consider this productive, so I _think_ that 'override' passes my > cost/benefit test. Of course this is a sample of one. Virtual funcitons are only one of several places where signatures need to be checked if you don't have effective change control. -- Pete Becker Dinkumware, Ltd. (http://www.dinkumware.com) --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]