From: "Victor Bazarov" <vAbazarov AT dAnai DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: GENERAL DATA TYPE (Do you need one ?)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:29:22 -0800
Organization: Advanced Telcom Group Inc. Internet Services
Lines: 27
Message-ID: <99aodj$56v$1@nnrp.atgi.net>
References: <9988r4$k33$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi> <9989to$s25$1 AT nnrp DOT atgi DOT net> <998h4d$5o0$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi> <998hls$sj5$1 AT nnrp DOT atgi DOT net> <99a8ig$3ms$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 64-42-102-2.atgi.net
X-Trace: nnrp.atgi.net 985195763 5343 64.42.102.2 (21 Mar 2001 17:29:23 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse AT atgi DOT net
NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Mar 2001 17:29:23 GMT
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

"Traveler" <traveler AT netti DOT fi> wrote...
> > There is no need.  A generic "replacement for everything" object
> > will be _unable_ to do anything -- it simply will not be able to
> > have _any_ functionality.
> Are you sure ??? :)

I am sure, and there is no need for grinning.  There is no joke.

> Besides, we already have a type for
> > that.  It's called "pointer to void".
> >
> Yeah, if you want to do those type conversions by hand...
> void*    p;
> p = (int*)new int[500];

There is no need for a cast.  Any pointer to int can be converted
to void* implicitly.  The language provides that.  The reverse is
not true.  To make a void* into int* you need a cast.

BTW, how would your Object type do all the conversions?  By foot?

Victor
--
Please remove capital A's from my address when replying by mail