void*

[Mike Wexler]

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.
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Mike Wexler
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