Re: Was : Why is gtk+ written in C? - now : Quick Rant

[Alan Shutko <ats acm org>]

>>>>> "P" == Paul Miller <Paul_Miller@avid.com> writes:

P> It's impossible to do void pointer arithmetic in C++ (without an
P> explicit cast), no matter what compiler, because it is illegal.

It's illegal in C as well.  (ISO 6.3.6)  

P> The point wasn't merely so much about C++ being better for
P> type-safety (it is), but that "ANSI C" isn't nearly as "ANSI" as
P> people think it is, because compilers allow things like that to
P> slip by.

ANSI is very ASNI.  There's a nice 200pg standard for it sitting on my
desk.  Your complaint is that C compilers don't always complain about
illegal things (because they're allowing extensions).  Is there
something about C++ that prohibits compilers from extending anything?
(Unlikely, but even so it wouldn't be followed in practice.)
Therefore, I don't think there's anything inherently better about
using a C++ compiler than a C compiler... while you may get better
warnings now, with some compilers, there's no guarantee.

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