commom malloc/free practice breaks standard - author strikes back

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <992 at cirrusl.UUCP>, dhesi at sun505.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> information.  Can somebody quote chapter and verse to show that the
> standard does require the series of casts
> 
>      void * ->  OBJ *  ->  void *
> 
> to yield the original pointer?

The standard doesn't require this.  It requires that 

      OBJ * -> void * ->  OBJ * 

yield the original pointer.

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