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Date:      Sat, 27 Apr 1996 08:38:00 +0800 (HKT)
From:      John Beukema <john@gateway.net.hk>
To:        Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: GNU binutils port 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.960427083341.29244A-100000@gateway.net.hk>
In-Reply-To: <199604260126.VAA25217@spooky.rwwa.com>

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On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Robert Withrow wrote:

> > >I really doubt sizeof(void *) != sizeof(??? *) any time soon.

Besides it is not just the size of the pointer that must agree but how to 
increment it.  *Char_ptr++ and *large_struct++ are different.
jbeukema

 > > 
> > It happens every day, but not on the i386.
> 
> Especially with function pointers, which I didn't realize until
> recently even after decades of programming.   Sigh.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM
> 
> 
> 



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