Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'

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Hi Alex,

> +According to the C language standard,
> +a pointer to any object type may be converted to a pointer to
> +.I void
> +and back.
> +POSIX further requires that any pointer,
> +including pointers to functions,
> +may be converted to a pointer to
> +.I void
> +and back.
I know you are correct about POSIX, but which part of the 
standard did you find this information in? The only
reference that I find in POSIX is the dlsym() spec. Is it
covered also somewhere else in the standrd?

Thanks,

Michael

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Michael Kerrisk
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