> It's really just that C compilers emit warnings when you > do things with different but equivalent pointer types. > > For example, if I pass int8_t* into a routine expecting char*, > I usually will get a warning. And we don't like our generated > code giving us warnings... I suppose we could ask the C compilers > for fewer warnings.
Alternatively, the Chapel compiler could emit a cast when passing an actual to a formal that is an equivalent type alias. -Brad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Chapel-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chapel-developers
