Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!orcenl!bengsig From: bengsig@dk.oracle.com (Bjorn Engsig) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Why no arithmetic on void * Message-ID: <1238@dkunix9.dk.oracle.com> Date: 22 Jan 91 07:41:55 GMT Reply-To: bengsig@dk.oracle.com (Bjorn Engsig) Organization: Oracle Europe Lines: 6 Could someone please explain if arithmetic on void * (with the same semantics as on char *) was discussed when ANSI C was made, and why it was not included. -- Bjorn Engsig, ORACLE Corporation, E-mail: bengsig@oracle.com, bengsig@oracle.nl "Stepping in others footsteps, doesn't bring you ahead"