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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: arithmetic on void pointers
Message-ID: <9817@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 8 Mar 89 02:49:48 GMT
References: <1527@ncar.ucar.edu> <13323@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <13323@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>I *think* dpANS says sizeof(void) is zero

No, it's illegal.

C as it stands now has no zero-sized objects.

There is an unofficial "extensions working group" to investigate
ways to incorporate zero-sized objects into C, but as its point
of contact I must say there has been remarkably little interest
in the subject.