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Re: [PATCH] typedef void CURL - compiler typechecking

From: Jamie Lokier <jamie_at_shareable.org>
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