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Keith Thompson wrote:
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> lawrence.jones@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> santosh <santosh.k83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I know of no platforms where different pointer types are
>>>> different, let alone perversions worthy of the DS9k.
>>>
>>> Crays (and other word-addressed machines) have a different
>>> representation for char * and void * than other pointers due to
>>> the need to keep an offset within the word in addition to the
>>> address of the word.
>>
>> Are you sure of that?
>
> He probably is. I know I am, since I've worked on such machines.
>
>> That is contrary to the C standard.
>
> No it isn't. char*, unsigned char*, signed char*, and void* are
> required to have the same representation as each other (perhaps
> that's what caused your confusion), but they're not required to
> have the same representation, or even the same size, as other
> pointer types.
Read the quote again. He is referring specifically to void* and
char*. Not to any other type of pointer. At least as I read it,
on rereading I can see a misunderstanding possibility.
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