Re: [xml-dev] Strong versus (weak|runtime) typing

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Richard Tobin wrote:

> The only weak-typing constructs [in C] are pointer casts ...

You're confusing implementation and spec. :)  A compiler is allowed
to do "real work" when casting between pointers types.  The only
guarantee is that you can cast to (void*) and back again without
lossage.
        /r$