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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'
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On 10/2/20 2:10 AM, David Laight wrote:
>> > Also, you should
>> > warn that because one can convert from any pointer type to void * and
>> > then to any other pointer type, it's a deliberate hole in C's
>> > type-checking.
>>
> That isn't what the C standard says at all.
> What is says is that you can cast any data pointer to 'void *'
> and then cast it back to the same type.

I was talking about compile-time checking; you're talking about run-time
behavior. We're both right in our own domains. It is a tricky area, and this
suggests that perhaps we shouldn't be trying to document this stuff in a
libc/kernel manual.

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