> Nope. The behaviour of cast a type that is bigger than the destination
> is undefined. If it works, it is a fluke.

I see. So it was invalid on your platform, not in VC 32-bit.  I can see that it 
is definitely bad cross-platform practice.

> You can ommit the parameter name in the function signature. Like this:
>
> void method(int, char, void*);

Thanks for that nugget!  

I learn something every day.
- Rod

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> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 21:44:14 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Patch: Group Toolbar
>
> On 03/01/14 09:26 PM, Rodney Rushing wrote:
>>> ... and in that case invalid since sizeof(void*) != sizeof(int)
>>
>> I think that's only true if you want to preserve a pointer through this
>> mechanism. I just need 2 bits.
>
> Nope. The behaviour of cast a type that is bigger than the destination
> is undefined. If it works, it is a fluke.
>
>>
>>> That's because you should just comment or remove the variable name from
>>> the argument list. Perfectly valid C++ even for Microsoft.
>>
>> It's an interface. How do you do that without breaking the derived classes?
>
> You can ommit the parameter name in the function signature. Like this:
>
> void method(int, char, void*);
>
> This is perfectly valid. That's what I meant by "remove the variable name".
>
> Hub
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