(void *)

[Peter da Silva]

> Hopefully, pointers of the ANSI C type "void *" will be able to be assigned
> to any other pointer type without any complaints, including complaints about
> possible alignment problems.

I just realised a major problem with (void *). On machines like the HP-1000
a pointer to a byte and a pointer to a word don't have the same bit-pattern.
How are you supposed to deal with this without having a terribly in-efficient
implementation of 'C'.
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