(void *)

Michael Meissner meissner at rtp47.UUCP
Wed Jul 31 05:48:47 AEST 1985


As one of the originators of void *, let me give you my perspective on it.
It was originally proposed to allow a generic pointer format, such that ANY
pointer's value can be represented without loss of information, such that
when converted back to the SAME pointer, it would give an equivalent pointer.
I would expect that on most implementations the presentation will be the same
as char *.

	Michael Meissner
	Data General Corporation
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