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From: dsill@nswc-oas.arpa (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: 'void *' (was Re: malloc() prob. on 3.4a)
Message-ID: <2122@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 18 Apr 88 19:29:30 GMT
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Matt Dillon writes:
>	...  But what happens when you use AllocMem() to allocate
>	a structure, then an array of something, then some other
>	structure, etc....?  void * gets to be *real* useful and makes
>	code a lot easier to understand.

That's when you use a cast.  You can't simply pretend all pointers are
`void *'.  It's just not right.  And what happens when someone tries
to compile your code with a compiler that doesn't handle `void *'?

As for readability, several people have posted macros for NEW and FREE
that allow you to correctly and readably manipulate pointers returned
by AllocMem().

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