From: James W Sager Iii <sager+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Anomolies old Gcc allowed(also problem)
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Mp is a structure containing:

int *blk;
int *vt_wall;
int *hz_wall;


Mp.blk=realloc(Mp.blk,10000*4*Mp.max);
Mp.vt_wall=realloc(Mp.vt_wall,10000*4*Mp.max);
Mp.hz_wall=realloc(Mp.hz_wall,10000*4*Mp.max);

Recieved compiler errors:
 ) Error: ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in assignment
 ) Error: ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in assignment
 ) Error: ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in assignment

What does the above mean?
Does it mean I need to malloc before I remalloc?  This would require a
coding overhaul on code I forget.  I can't find any solution but this,
yet I find it odd a programming language would switch conventions...


Upgrading from my ghetto version of Djgpp to the newer one, I noticed
some odd things the previous compiler let me play off.

*It allowed me to declare:
static i;

It assumed static int.

*It allowed me to give content for a constructor of a class without
specifying in the .h that there was a constructor to begin with.

*(allegro only) Allowed direct access to datafiles when using the blit command.