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Article #409Re: void * not handled in AIX C compiler ?
From: John Garnett
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 23:27
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 23:27
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In article <159@eliza.edvvie.at>, johnny@edvvie.at (Johann Schweigl) writes:
> AIX C allows the use of void functions, and the (void *) typecast.
> Declaring a variable as void * does not work. The effect is the same
> as if the variable had never been defined.
This problem appears only in the AIX/RT C Compiler. The AIX PS/2
C compiler does allow void pointers to be declared AND used.
However, both the AIX/RT and AIX PS/2 versions of lint choke
on void pointers.
Somebody want to fix this one?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!sequoia!rpp386!garnett From: garnett@rpp386.cactus.org (John Garnett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.aix,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: void * not handled in AIX C compiler ? Summary: void * support under AIX C... Keywords: AIX C ANSI Message-ID: <17095@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 4 Oct 89 23:27:54 GMT References: <159@eliza.edvvie.at> Organization: Organization: Lines: 16