Title
Lvalues of type void
Status
nad
Section
7.6.2.2 [expr.unary.op]
Submitter
Richard Smith

Created on 2014-05-06.00:00:00 last changed 24 months ago

Messages

Date: 2014-06-15.00:00:00

Rationale (June, 2014):

This request for a language extension should be evaluated by EWG before any action is taken.

EWG 2022-11-11

This is a request for a new feature, which should be proposed in a paper to EWG.

Date: 2022-11-20.07:54:16

There does not seem to be any significant technical obstacle to allowing a void* pointer to be dereferenced, and that would avoid having to use weighty circumlocutions when casting to a reference to an object designated by such a pointer.

History
Date User Action Args
2022-11-24 20:58:12adminsetstatus: extension -> nad
2014-07-07 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg5121
2014-07-07 00:00:00adminsetstatus: open -> extension
2014-05-06 00:00:00admincreate