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Re: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing

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To: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing
From: Rich Salz <rsalz@datapower.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:34:04 -0500 (EST)
Cc: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
In-reply-to: <200302130016.AAA19375@sorley.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>



On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Richard Tobin wrote:

> The only weak-typing constructs [in C] are pointer casts ...

You're confusing implementation and spec. :)  A compiler is allowed
to do "real work" when casting between pointers types.  The only
guarantee is that you can cast to (void*) and back again without
lossage.
        /r$

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- Re: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing
  - From: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>

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