Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'

From: Alejandro Colomar
Date: Fri Oct 02 2020 - 04:49:04 EST


Hi Michael,

On 2020-10-02 10:24, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
On 2020-10-01 19:32, Paul Eggert wrote:
> For 'void *' you should also mention that one cannot use arithmetic on
> void * pointers, so they're special in that way too.

Good suggestion!

> Also, you should
> warn that because one can convert from any pointer type to void * and
> then to any other pointer type, it's a deliberate hole in C's
> type-checking.

Also good.  I'll talk about generic function parameters for this.
I think the patch as is now is complete enough to be added.

So I won't rewrite it for now.
Please review the patch as is,
and I'll add more info to this type in the future.

Thanks,

Alex