[diff.expr] Remove commentary about good practice in C #8356
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C deliberately supports implicit conversion from void* to object*. Using an explicit cast (for assigning the result of malloc, for example) is not considered good practice in C, though it's required in C++. I'm not aware of any C translators that warn about such assignments.
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This sentence can be found in the Jan 1994 draft. I guess SG22 should see this. |
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Please fix the CI failure: 2025-10-23T19:33:00.7284274Z ##[error]compatibility.tex:2999:use \Cpp{} instead: This is fairly widely used in C, but C++ requires a |
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Remove unnecessary wording. Co-authored-by: Jan Schultke <me@eisenwave.net>
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CWG 2025-10-24: Approved as an editorial change.
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C deliberately supports implicit conversion from void* to object*. Using an explicit cast (for assigning the result of malloc, for example) is not considered good practice in C, though it's required in C++.
I'm not aware of any C translators that warn about such assignments.