Re: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing
by Rich Salz other posts by this author
Feb 13 2003 12:34AM messages near this date
Re: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing
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RE: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Richard Tobin wrote:
> The only weak-typing constructs [in C] are pointer casts ...
You're confusing implementation and spec. :) A compiler is allowed
to do "real work" when casting between pointers types. The only
guarantee is that you can cast to (void*) and back again without
lossage.
/r$
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