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Article #736Re: commom malloc/free practice breaks standard - author strikes back
From: Conor P. Cahill
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1989 21:01
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1989 21:01
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In article <992@cirrusl.UUCP>, dhesi@sun505.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> information. Can somebody quote chapter and verse to show that the
> standard does require the series of casts
>
> void * -> OBJ * -> void *
>
> to yield the original pointer?
The standard doesn't require this. It requires that
OBJ * -> void * -> OBJ *
yield the original pointer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!virtech!cpcahil From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: commom malloc/free practice breaks standard - author strikes back Message-ID: <1295@virtech.UUCP> Date: 20 Oct 89 21:01:46 GMT References: <1989Oct16.111059.3840@anucsd.oz> <992@cirrusl.UUCP> Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc Lines: 19