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Re: [RFC] Fixes to bootstrap from a C++ compiler (part 1)

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

I can't find the message where it was decided, but here's some places
where Kaveh did it:
 http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2003-q1/msg00059.html

I see.

Well, how do people feel about this? Is it good to rely on C's implicit conversion between "void *" and other pointer types, or is OK to insert casts necessary to satisfy the more restrictive C++ rule (where pointer types implicitly convert to "void*" or not vice versa)?

(Personally, I've always viewed the implicit conversion from "void *" to other pointer types in C a bug in the type system and I try to avoid relying on it.)

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