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From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: generalized lvalues -- patch outline
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:05:00 -0000
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> One user's description of lvalue casts is "... there is absolutely zero
> point to them ... The whole extension is just braindamaged ... I bet 99%
> of the people on this list have no clue what the exact semantics of the
> above are." (Linus Torvalds in
> <http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Dec/5431.html>).  I agree.

Note that Linus doesn't mention the pointer case.

Since we are at lkml exegesis, take a look at
http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20041009_276.html#3

<but Willy Tarreau replied, "Tell that to gcc developpers who constantly break 
compatibility between versions. I even have userland programs which do not 
compile anymore with gcc-3.3 and which I don't even know how to 
'fix' (workaround ?).">

-- 
Eric Botcazou