Bug in new K&R?
Chris Torek
chris at mimsy.UUCP
Sat May 7 23:51:56 AEST 1988
In article <44200009 at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> mcdaniel at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu asks:
>Are those two casts portable---is it guaranteed that "void *" and
>"char *" have the same internal representation?
It is so guaranteed, according to the most recent public draft
review standard.
In the dpANS, `void *' is simply a notational convenience for
`char * but_never_complain_about_mixed_pointer_types'.
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