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From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 2009 16:41:23 +0100
To: fernanbolando@mailc.net, 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] porting help please (gcc void pointer handling)
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>is it valid just to add to make the porting non-destructive?

>#ifdef Plan9
>#define void unsigned char
>#endif

not really, as a global define. it's legal to write
	Type *t;

	t = malloc(sizeof(*t));
and that won't work unless malloc returns a real void* (only
void* is compatible with all types of data pointer). it's similar
for void* as a formal parameter; it accepts any type of data pointer
as an actual parameter, but uchar* will not.