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

[Andreas Schwab]

Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:

> (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.)

On the other hand, a cast will suppress some conversion warnings, so
errors are more likely to go unnoticed.  C++ has more fine grained casts
that can better express the intented conversion and allows for better
checking.

Andreas.

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