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

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Hi Michael,

On 2020-10-02 10:24, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
On 2020-10-01 19:32, Paul Eggert wrote:
 > For 'void *' you should also mention that one cannot use arithmetic on
 > void * pointers, so they're special in that way too.

Good suggestion!

 > Also, you should
 > warn that because one can convert from any pointer type to void * and
 > then to any other pointer type, it's a deliberate hole in C's
 > type-checking.

Also good.  I'll talk about generic function parameters for this.
I think the patch as is now is complete enough to be added.

So I won't rewrite it for now.
Please review the patch as is,
and I'll add more info to this type in the future.

Thanks,

Alex



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