#What goes where?
17-Feb-88 00:42:52
Sb: #109455-#What goes where?
Fm: John Draper 76703,4322
To: Richard Rae/SYSOP 76703,4253
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Rick,
Yes, I did generalize, perhaps too much, perhaps not.
One thing… you say that you want the compiler to assume you know what
you are doing. problem is, C does assume that, but only sometimes. implicit
casts are one of those times. On the other hand, just try to assign a
'pointer to long' to a variable that has been declared as 'pointer to
char', and the compiler suddenly decides you really dont know what you are
doing, and says "Hey… you wanna do that, I make you jump through hoops".
Regards, Larry.