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Re: [PATCH] Nearly the last of the warnings.

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From:
Simon Cozens
Date:
February 5, 2002 17:07
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] Nearly the last of the warnings.
Message ID:
20020206011011.GA9830@netthink.co.uk
Andy Dougherty:
> Well, I know (at least) two ways to get rid of the warnings. I just don't
> know which one's right.  For example, making the bytecode be type
> opcode_t* instead of char* gets rid of a lot of them

Generally when I see char* in the source, I wonder why it's wrong and
what it should be instead. If you just *assume* that char* is evil,
allow yourself to be persuaded on the rare occasions that we actually do
need it.

-- 
IBM Pollyanna Principle:
	Machines should work.  People should think.

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