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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: commom malloc/free practice breaks standard - author strikes back
Message-ID: <1295@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 89 21:01:46 GMT
References: <1989Oct16.111059.3840@anucsd.oz> <992@cirrusl.UUCP>
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In article <992@cirrusl.UUCP>, dhesi@sun505.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> information.  Can somebody quote chapter and verse to show that the
> standard does require the series of casts
> 
>      void * ->  OBJ *  ->  void *
> 
> to yield the original pointer?

The standard doesn't require this.  It requires that 

      OBJ * -> void * ->  OBJ * 

yield the original pointer.

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