Re: Sadistic C compiler...

[Jeffrey Altman]

> And what if sizeof (void (*)()) != sizeof (void *)? Think MS-DOS and all
> those sick small/medium/large/huge memory models if you have to. I
> realize it's a sick thought, but that's what the compiler complains
> about and that's why "such a cast is not permitted by the standard."

In this particular case I think the compiler is worried about
alignment issues.  Functions need to be aligned in a very specific
way.



    Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
                 The Kermit Project * Columbia University
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