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echo: c_plusplus
to: CHRIS DOWNS
from: PETER LOUWEN
date: 1997-07-30 18:13:00
subject: Re: Conversion of pointer

 -=> Quoting Chris Downs to Christian S. Pedersen <=-
 CD> Whatever tool is issuing the warning is doing an excellent job of
 CD> helping you.  But the message kind of stinks.  I would prefer 
 CD> something more along the lines of "soon to be out of scope address
 CD> being returned".  But a misleading warning is still better than no
 CD> warning at all!
Is it ? There is nothing suspicious about the conversion per se.
The error message and the error are unrelated, so the novice may think
that this is something to do with some guru corner of the ANSI standard,
not with normal everyday programming. So he ignores the warning.
Peter
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