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Re: Compiling GCC with g++: a report
Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com> writes:
>>>>>> "Gabriel" == Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
>
> Gabriel> http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/codingconventions.html
>
> Gabriel> Avoid the use of identifiers or idioms that would prevent
> Gabriel> code compiling with a C++ compiler. Identifiers such as new
> Gabriel> or class, that are reserved words in C++, should not be used
> Gabriel> as variables or field names. Explicit casts should be used
> Gabriel> to convert between void* and other pointer types.
>
> I hope that doesn't require (void *) casts for pointer arguments
> passed to the likes of memcpy...
Only the (void*) -> (any*) direction requires a cast in C++, the other
direction is still converted implicitly.
Andreas.
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