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Re: void* vs void *
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Magnus Fromreide <magfr at lysator dot liu dot se>
- Cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 23:55:52 +0000
- Subject: Re: void* vs void *
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- References: <20160129181300 dot GA25222 at faust dot lysator dot liu dot se>
On 29 January 2016 at 18:13, Magnus Fromreide wrote:
> I just noticed that the C and C++ compiler output pointer types differently:
>
> Consider
>
> int i;
> printf("%p", &i);
>
> When compiled as C that gives the warning
>
> format '%p' expects argument of type 'void *', but argument 2 has type 'int *'
>
> but when compiled as C++ it gives the warning
>
> format '%p' expects argument of type 'void*', but argument 2 has type 'int*'
>
> Why are they different?
Just a guess, but maybe because it's common to place the * differently
in idiomatic C++.
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