Paul Koning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>>>>> "Gabriel" == Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>  Gabriel> http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/codingconventions.html
>
>  Gabriel> Avoid the use of identifiers or idioms that would prevent
>  Gabriel> code compiling with a C++ compiler. Identifiers such as new
>  Gabriel> or class, that are reserved words in C++, should not be used
>  Gabriel> as variables or field names. Explicit casts should be used
>  Gabriel> to convert between void* and other pointer types.
>
> I hope that doesn't require (void *) casts for pointer arguments
> passed to the likes of memcpy...

Only the (void*) -> (any*) direction requires a cast in C++, the other
direction is still converted implicitly.

Andreas.

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