Re: A: a new bug to old plain C

> > There are lots and lots of 
> > conversions in C that are only available through _explicit_ _casts_
> 
> Where "lots and lots" means "exactly zero": you can always do an
> ssignment to something with an appropriate type.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. Constraints of assignment in C are exactly 
as strict as constraints of initialization. (In fact, the later are defined in the standard 
simply by a direct reference to the former.)

So, given the situation in question, you are forced to use either an explicit cast 
or something like the aforementioned `void *` trick. This is as true for assignment 
as it is for initialization.

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Best regards,
Andrey