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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: derived types
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 01:10:11 EST
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> i DO believe that sizeof(foo *) should be sizeof(bar *). otherwise it's
> just too confusing. more irrational viewpoints later.

It's too confusing only if you're easily confused.  Cast your d*mn pointers
properly (like "lint" tells you to do) and lots of problems go away.
If you absolutely *need* a pointer that can point to any one of ten
things, and a union of ten pointer types won't do, use "char *" (or "void *"
if/when it appears in the ANSI standard).

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy