On 03.03.2011 17:33, Philip Martin wrote:
> Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:35, Hyrum K Wright <hyrum_at_hyrumwright.org> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:03 AM, <philip_at_apache.org> wrote:
>>>> Author: philip
>>>> Date: Thu Mar 3 15:03:42 2011
>>>> New Revision: 1076645
>>>>
>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1076645&view=rev
>>>> Log:
>>>> Wrap pointer in a baton to avoid a complier warning or cast.
>>> I think a single cast is better than the obfuscation of wrapping a
>>> single value in a baton. Please reconsider this change.
>> Agreed. I'd much rather see (void *)changelist, than all of this stuff.
> A cast that changes the type, (void *)changelist, or one that just
> removes the qualifier, (char *)changelist?
One that just removes the qualifier, because the subsequent cast to
void* is implicit. Inside the implementation, you can recast directly
back to const char*, since adding a const qualifier is well-defined.
> Casts lead to questions.
Yes, and in some cases, comments answer those questions better than
uncommented single-member structs that also raise questions. "Cast away
const" is not such an obscure thing that it cannot be described in a
single-line comment.
-- Brane
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