[C++-sig] void* questions\thoughts

[Niall Douglas]

On 31 Oct 2005 at 14:42, David Abrahams wrote:

> > It would be an idea if you didn't quote people's email address in 
> > your replies as spam crawlers pick it up, and some web based 
> > interfaces don't obscure them for you.
> 
> It might be, but since your address is already all over the mailing
> list, I'm not adding much risk to you by quoting it.  Anyone can
> subscribe their email address, including address harvesters.  My email
> software does that by default, and I don't know how to change it.
> However, if you can figure out how to get Gnus/Message Mail to replace
> "@" with "-at-" there, I'll be happy to institute it in my .emacs
> file.

Still, I'm pretty sure you didn't use to do that. Have you changed 
your config in the last six months?

Don't use emacs, never have used emacs, therefore don't know. Anyone 
else know?

> >> > Dave, what was the rationale for not supporting void as an opaque 
> >> > type?
> >> 
> >> I didn't design the opaque types support; I guess nobody considered
> >> void when it was designed.
> >
> > How easy would it be to bolt it on now?
> 
> I have no idea.  Haven't you been submitting patches for that?  Are
> you going to give me one with docs and regression tests?

No, I've been submitting patches to undo the regression a recent 
change to BPL has caused. I found your previous suggestion on how to 
do it needs me to install vc6 which I'll get the time to do next 
weekend onwards. Right now, I have two class tests and an essay due 
for this week so everything is shelved until afterwards - but don't 
worry, I'll be getting back to you then.

Would you integrate a patch adding void * as an opaque type if it 
came with docs, a testcase and ran on vc6?

Cheers,
Niall