[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86: remove cast from void*

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/14/2010 10:49 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>  On 09/13/2010 10:18 PM, matt mooney wrote:
>> Unnecessary cast from void* in assignment.
> 
> Not very keen on this.  The cast may not be strictly required, but it
> does document what's going on there.
> 

But unnecessary casts are problematic in that if the type changes, they
can hide a real bug in the future.
        
        -hpa

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