type cast in initializer

[Chris Torek]

In article <302 at hsi.UUCP> stevens at hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens) writes:

> I've found the two lines
>	int	x = 0;
>	char	*ptr = (char *) &x;
> acceptable to every C compiler I've used, until running into the
> Whitesmith's C compiler.  They refuse to accept the type coercion
> "(char *)" on the second initialization. ...
>
> I talked to Whitesmiths about this and they are firm that their
> interpretation of the "standard" is that a type coercion following
> the equals sign is not allowed and they don't plan to change their
> compiler.

Whitesmiths has never been one to do reasonable things with their
compiler.  Their interpretation is bogus.  How a company can be
so simultaneously good and bad at what they do is just amazing.
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