[m-rev.] trivial diff: workaround cygwin C compiler bug
Fergus Henderson
fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Wed Jan 29 14:16:36 AEDT 2003
On 29-Jan-2003, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> The C standard guarantees that "Two pointers compare equal if and only if
> both are null pointers, both are pointers to the same object (...)
> or function, [... or some cases involving arrays ...]".
> This means that pointers to the same function don't compare equal,
> even if the functions happen to do the same thing.
Sorry, I meant to say "pointers to *different* functions don't compare equal,
even if the functions happen to do the same thing."
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