Re: [PATCH] remove some usesless casts

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On Thu, 21 April 2005 09:36:18 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> 
> I think Jörn means that if you need an opaque data type, use void
> pointers (which are automatically cast to the proper type) and that
> all other casts are a design smell (except for the one or two special
> cases where you actually need them).

Two of my patches agree with you, two don't.  Really, in almost all
cases, casts are a Bad Idea(tm).  Almost always, there is _something_
better.  In some cases, this comes down to void pointers, yes.

Jörn

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