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Why are people so scared of void*? Are there any VM's that don't resort to some form of pointer tagging when implementing dynamic typing?
by chrisohara 14y ago
Why are people so scared of void*? Are there any VM's that don't resort to some form of pointer tagging when implementing dynamic typing?
- pmelendez 14y agoI don't think people is scared of void*. However, it is pretty easy to introduce memory corruption bugs when it is used in big projects. I find very wise to avoid it when it is not necessary or when there is an equivalent safer alternative (e.g C++ templates if available and applicable). In this case however, is not only completely fine but I don't think there is a better way to do it. BTW, my favourite phrase of the article: "“… Why do this?” Because I can, of course." The truly spirit of a hacker :)
- huhtenberg 14y agoWho are these "people" exactly?