Re: Cast abuse

From: Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>
To: balsa-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Cast abuse
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:32:32 +0000

On 2001.11.19 11:18:21 +0000 Brian Stafford wrote:


> all a cast silences the compiler about potential coding errors.  Also 
> remember that void pointers eliminate the need for a lot of casts, e.g. 
> code like "ptr = (int *) malloc(..." is always unnecessary since malloc 
> returns a void *.  Just write "ptr = malloc(...".  The same goes for 
is this C9x ? i certainly remember ansi/k&r compilers didn't allow for
automagic void * promotion 
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