Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 1820 invoked by uid 6000); 2 Oct 1999 16:09:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 1810 invoked from network); 2 Oct 1999 16:09:11 -0000 Received: from slarti.muc.de (193.149.48.10) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 2 Oct 1999 16:09:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 16645 invoked by uid 66); 2 Oct 1999 16:12:46 -0000 Received: from en by slarti with UUCP; Sat Oct 2 16:12:46 1999 -0000 Received: by en1.engelschall.com (Sendmail 8.9.3+3.2W) for new-httpd@apache.org id SAA47151; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:08:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:08:21 +0200 From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: apache-2.0/src/lib/apr/time/unix access.c Message-ID: <19991002180821.A46905@engelschall.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i Organization: Engelschall, Germany. X-Web-Homepage: http://www.engelschall.com/ X-PGP-Public-Key: https://www.engelschall.com/ho/rse/pgprse.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 00 C9 21 8E D1 AB 70 37 DD 67 A2 3A 0A 6F 8D A5 Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org In article <37F614F7.84CF0665@algroup.co.uk> you wrote: > "Ralf S. Engelschall" wrote: > [...] >> Ah, there it is - I expected your complain, Ben. >> >> 1. I looked carefully at the type-mismatch problem, doubt me. But the only >> non-cast solution IMHO would be to change parts of the API and the change >> would here leaded to a "password" to be "unsigned char *", so I decided >> that it's better to not do this and keep the "eval casts" you like so much. > > Grrk. This signed/unsigned char stuff really irritates me! We should use > C++. > [...] Yes, although I accept casts in those situations more easily than you, I have to admit that they nevertheless bother me, too. ANSI C is really a little bit too weak when it comes to those things, but we've to live with this... :-( Ralf S. Engelschall rse@engelschall.com www.engelschall.com