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Article #9169Re: void*
From: Mike Wexler
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1986 17:53
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1986 17:53
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I agree that void* should not be automatically coerced to another pointer type. I like the way the new operator is implemented in C++, but do not think it would work as well in C. In C++ operators can be redefined on a type by type basis and it is convenient to have this operator called at certain points. In C, operators are not redefinable. Therefor memory allocation becomes a feature of the language and not a library function. I do not think this is a good idea. One of the main advantages of C is that there is a small kernal of the language that is all that is necessary to create a compiler. The rest of the features are implemented in a library written in C and replaceable by users that don't have the source code to the compiler. -- Mike Wexler Email address:(trwrb|scgvaxd)!felix!peregrine!mike Tel Co. address: (714)855-3923 ;-) Internet address: ucivax@ucbvax.BERKELY.EDU!ucivax%felix!mike@peregrine :-(
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!cit-vax!elroy!smeagol!usc-oberon!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!felix!peregrine!mike From: mike@peregrine.UUCP (Mike Wexler) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: void* Message-ID: <1122@peregrine.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Aug-86 13:53:38 EDT Article-I.D.: peregrin.1122 Posted: Mon Aug 18 13:53:38 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Aug-86 19:06:42 EDT References: <5937@alice.uUCp> Reply-To: mike@peregrine.UUCP (Mike Wexler) Organization: Peregrine Systems, Inc, Irvine Ca Lines: 15