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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: What's the future of VOIDSTAR et.al. in 1.4b?
Keywords: ansi __STDC_ VOIDSTAR VOID SYZET :-)
Message-ID: <4506@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 10 Nov 89 23:19:55 GMT
References: <647@augean.OZ>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <647@augean.OZ> cagney@chook.ua.oz (Andrew Cagney - aka Noid) writes:
>Is this going to become the accepted way of doing these declarations or
>will some other method be adopted?

I haven't really decided.  In any case, the MINIX compiler fully accepts
void, so I won't fudge VOIDSTAR.  I will try to get the MINIX 1.4b headers
fully ANSI/POSIX conformant, which should reduce problems of the type you
mention.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)