Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> int my_foo;
> ...
> OPT_CALLBACK('f', "foo", int, &my_foo, ...etc);
>
> Not great, but it might not be _too_ bad given that most helpers like
> OPT_BOOL() can just say "int" behind the scenes.
>
> That said, I don't recall these void pointers being a large source of
> errors in the past. So while it's a fun type-system puzzle, the
> effort/reward ratio might not be favorable.
I tend to agree on both counts, it is a fun puzzle, and it probably
is not going to give us sufficient reward. The fact that "int" and
typeof(my_foo) need to be manually kept straight defeats the "type
safety" justification for this mental exercise.
Thanks.
