Re: Some pointer quiestions again

Mac <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:45:08 +0000, Jens.Toerring wrote:

> [snip]

>> [...] requiring that all pointer types
>> can be converted to and from a void pointer [...]

> Isn't this supposed to be all _object_ pointer types or something like
> that? What I am getting at is that ISTR that you cannot store a function
> pointer in a void pointer.

You're right, at last as far as I understand the standard only
conversion between object type pointers and a void pointer is
guaranteed to work. Allowing to convert between void and func-
tion pointers is listed as a "Common extension", so it's not
portable.
Regards, Jens
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