From: Christopher Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
Subject: Re: funny re user-defined ++ and -- operators
To: morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu (Michael Phelps)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 16:42:53 +0100
Cc: crough45 AT amc DOT de, max AT alcyone DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970411105923.21960A-100000@hops.cs.jhu.edu> from "Michael Phelps" at Apr 11, 97 04:01:28 pm
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Michael Phelps wrote:

> In C++ you can have a parameter that is basically declared to be ignored.
> Simply declare the data type without a corresponding variable:
> 	double	example_function(double x, int, int, long y)
> 	{
> 		// Function body
> 	}

Oh, that's useful.  Especially for state machines with arrays of
functions, some of which want to ignore some arguments...

>                    Morphine

Pretty picture.  I never knew the Morphine molecule looked like
a motorbike <g>.  There's bound to be some significance in that...

Chris