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In article <4jmcnh$lqk@solutions.solon.com>
           hirth@wand.franken.de "Claus Hirth" writes:

 >J. Kanze (kanze@gabi-soft.fr) wrote:
 >
 >: BTW, I've found that a small optimizing trick in functions like this can
 >: sometimes work wonders for performance:
 >
 >:     int
 >:     swap( void* a , void* b , size_t sz )
 >:     {
 >:         unsigned char   buffer[ EXPECTEDMAXSIZE ] ;
 >
 >An even smaller "trick" : use a static array instead.

In what sense is that smaller?

 >Anyway.
 >
 >What still nags at me about the portability issue : 
 >Is there a machine still in use (Kurt, please name it)
 >on which the representation of a 
 >        double * 
 >differs from the representation of a 
 >        char * 
 >?

Section 5.17 of the FAQ suggests some candidates.

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