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From: nazgul@alphalpha.COM (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Why is XtPointer a char *?
Message-ID: <9009021619.AA04694@alphalpha.com>
Date: 2 Sep 90 16:19:52 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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Wouldn't a void * make more sense and avoid a lot of casting?  Or was
the feeling that since some compilers don't support void it was better
to force everyone to cast and thus make the code compatible?

						-kee