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Mon, 16 May 2022 10:45:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:7300:64cc:b0:60:be3a:16c2 with HTTP; Mon, 16 May 2022 10:45:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 19:45:51 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [9fans] void* To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Topicbox-Policy-Reasoning: allow: sender is a member Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0babd1e6-d540-11ec-88e0-8ece2f1d727e Archived-At: =?UTF-8?B?PGh0dHBzOi8vOWZhbnMudG9waWNib3guY29tL2dyb3Vwcy85?= =?UTF-8?B?ZmFucy9UZWNhZWEzYjllYzhlNzA2Ni1NMzkwYjcyYzJiNzRjODgwYjUzNjA3?= =?UTF-8?B?ZjQ4Pg==?= List-Help: List-Id: "9fans" <9fans.9fans.net> List-Post: List-Software: Topicbox v0 List-Subscribe: Precedence: list Reply-To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Unsubscribe: , Topicbox-Delivery-ID: 2:9fans:437d30aa-c441-11e9-8a57-d036212d11b0:522be890-2105-11eb-b15e-8d699134e1fa:M390b72c2b74c880b53607f48:1:nL8IiPSg57bOqHkj01E9hO9wM_KGpYXxkxdYVP7JoD8 i still don't understand it. if you want a pointer of size 1 what keeps you from using a generic char or uint8 pointer? On 5/16/22, adr wrote: > On Mon, 16 May 2022, Charles Forsyth wrote: >> it's void* because that can be assigned between other pointer types >> without a cast.x =3D malloc(sizeof(*x)); >> instead of x =3D (T*)malloc(sizeof(*x)); which just adds clutter. >> Similarly it's just free(x) instead of free((void*)x); (or free((uchar*)= x) >> as I understand your >> suggestion). >=20 > The idea I wanted to share, more as a light chat than as a suggestion > is that I would find more useful to have a generic pointer (with > the property you have just described) with size (the object pointed > to) of 1. I don't expect anyone to be happy about substituting > void*. GNU (and I think clang followed suit) just made the size of > void* 1. I don't really like this because it breaks the concept of > void, that's the reason I talk about char* and uint8*. 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