Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site kobold.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!kobold!tjt From: tjt@kobold.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Casting Pointers Message-ID: <263@kobold.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 10:21:34 EST Article-I.D.: kobold.263 Posted: Tue Jan 31 10:21:34 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:07:09 EST References: <354@houxt.UUCP> <335@bnl.UUCP> Organization: Masscomp, Westford, MA Lines: 12 Michael Bloom (..!bnl!mab) recommends avoiding casts since: I've noticed (while using adb) that using casts generates calls to routines that will perform type conversion, rather than the inline code you might expect. On most 68000 systems (e.g. using the MIT port of PCC), a function call is used for float-to-integer and integer-to-float type casts, but not on integer-to-integer or integer-to-pointer casts. -- Tom Teixeira, Massachusetts Computer Corporation. Westford MA ...!{ihnp4,harpo,decvax}!masscomp!tjt (617) 692-6200 x275