curl-library
Re: [PATCH] typedef void CURL - compiler typechecking
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie_at_shareable.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:35:54 +0000
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:35:54 +0000
Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> This minor mistake aside, is there anyone who believes this could possibly
> break the ABI if introduced now?
Possibly on really obscure C machines like old Crays... basically,
anything where "void *" is not the same binary representation as
pointer-to-structure. Even on those, source compatibility would be fine.
See: http://c-faq.com/ptrs/genericpp.html
http://c-faq.com/null/machexamp.html
Otherwise, no.
-- Jamie
Received on 2007-03-20