Re: [9fans] void*

[Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>]

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I can see some use of void* arithmetic for malloc/free or
when you’re doing your own allocation for various object
types, where a size of 1 would be handy.

I wonder what a FarC would like!

> On May 15, 2022, at 11:27 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
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> If void can have a size, why not 4, 8 or 16?
> 
> P.S. I discovered Gholami Rudi's work a little while ago. I was especially intrigued by Farsi support in neatroff (intro in Farsi produced by Neatroff and Neatpost: https://litcave.rudi.ir/neatfarsi.pdf <https://litcave.rudi.ir/neatfarsi.pdf>)  Cool stuff.
> 
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> On Sun, May 15, 2022, 9:09 AM adr <adr@sdf.org <mailto:adr@sdf.org>> wrote:
> In case someone is asking why this guy is suddenly so thoughtful
> about void pointers, it is because I'm porting Ali Gholami Rudi's
> neatroof, and he uses a lot of arithmetics with void* in neatmkfn.
> I got rid of ape, and this troff looks really easy to port and has
> a lot of features. I'll share it when it's working in case someone
> is interested.
> 
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