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Re: void

From Steven Simpson <ss@my.domain.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: void
Date 2016-07-17 20:17 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 17/07/16 19:36, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 09:21:05 +0100, Steven Simpson wrote:
>
>> On 16/07/16 23:49, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>> This is unlike C, where a function declared as "void free(void ptr)"
>>> means that free() takes an untyped pointer and returns an untyped
>>> pointer value.
>> Hmm?  You mean "void *free(void *)", surely?
>>
> The manpage says "void free(void *ptr)".

I was talking about the function you described as taking and returning 
an "untyped pointer (value)".

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Re: void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-16 22:49 +0000
  Re: void Steven Simpson <ss@my.domain.invalid> - 2016-07-17 09:21 +0100
    Re: void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-17 18:36 +0000
      Re: void Steven Simpson <ss@my.domain.invalid> - 2016-07-17 20:17 +0100
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          Re: void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-17 22:26 +0000

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