Re: [PATCH] Fix memory function use
* Rocco Rutte <pdmef@xxxxxxx> [May 03. 2006 12:25]:
> Hi,
>
> * Brendan Cully [06-05-02 15:32:03 -0700] wrote:
>
> >sorry, that was dumb. I thought for a moment that eg char**
> >automatically downcast to void** like char* does for void*.
>
> IIRC there was some mailing list discussion leading up to the move
> making safe_free() taking only void*. But I don't have a pointer to it.
> Maybe Thomas or someone else knows.
That was a patch submitted by me, since the way it was done it was
breaking strict aliasing rules, and thus buggy.
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