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From: russ@groucho.ucar.edu (Russ Rew)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: arithmetic on void pointers
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Date: 6 Mar 89 20:13:33 GMT
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GNU C supports arithmetic on void pointers, but the manual implies
that this is an extension to the C language.  I could find no
prohibition on arithmetic on void pointers in K&R second edition.
What does the latest dpANS document say?  Is it legal to increment a
variable of type void* ?

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