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Re: DR#236 analysis

From: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>
Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 03 Dec 2004 12:42:18 -0800
Subject: Re: DR#236 analysis
References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0412030327180.26457@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <m2fz2nkg55.fsf@greed.local> <m37jnzsbpw.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>

Ian Lance Taylor <ian@wasabisystems.com> writes:

> Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> writes:
> 
> > For malloc-ed memory, I strongly support the
> > idea that the first store should determine its type and the type can't
> > change after that.
> 
> If I understand that correctly, that would break many existing
> programs, including BFD.

Could you give an example?  I'm having trouble of thinking of any
portable code for which this would be useful and not easily avoided.

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