From 2516346691984262553 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,f1dec9ce20a9c98f X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) Subject: Re: null pointers (was: Why's of C++ -- Part 1) Date: 1999/08/13 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 512444769 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: raptor.research.att.com Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <7opqvm$vpa$1@news.hal-pc.org> <7p0mu0$36f$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> X-UID: 0000000003 X-Status: $$$T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NJ Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet rom: Hyman Rosen writes > bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes: > > char c; > > char* pc = &c; > > void* pv = pc; // legal C, not legal C++ > > int* pi = pv; > > int i = *pi; > > You mean this, of course - > > void* pv = pc; > int* pi = pv; // legal C, not legal C++ Yes. Of course (oops!). Thanks. - Bjarne Bjarne Stroustrup - http://www.research.att.com/~bs [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]