[ECOS] Re: casts to a type other than an integral or enumeration

[Jonathan Larmour]

fnf@intrinsity.com wrote:
>>>|>       case (int) SIG_DFL:
>>
>>Assuming I'm thinking of the right bit of code, Fred was paraphrasing the 
>>code. The "int" is actually an eCos typedef set by the hardware 
>>abstraction layer so _will_ be correct for the hardware.
> 
> 
> The problem is imbedded in SIG_DFL, the int cast above is simply to
> get the older compiler to accept my test example.
> 
> SIG_DFL is typically something like:
> 
> 	#define SIG_DFL  ((__sighandler_t)0)
> 
> and __sighandler_t is:
> 
> 	typedef void (*__sighandler_t)(int);

Indeed, but if explicitly cast to an integral type then it doesn't matter 
what the intermediate expressions were surely?

Jifl
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