Re: Non-Portable pointer assignment?

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From: Tony L. Hansen
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 15:04

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< From: mcdaniel@adi.com (Tim McDaniel)
< I would have been quite content to have seen the types and sizes of
< 'xy' and 'x' differ.

C++ has taken this tack: the type of 'x' is char while the type of 'xy' is
int. It gives very nice properties when dealing with function and operator
overloading.

					Tony Hansen
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From: hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L. Hansen)
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Subject: Re: Non-Portable pointer assignment?
Summary: type of 'x' and 'xy' in C++
Keywords: character constants
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