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From: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org,
	libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'
Date: Thu,  1 Oct 2020 17:06:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201001150638.102544-2-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201001150638.102544-1-colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
---
 man7/system_data_types.7 | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
index e42cf2557..f10f12754 100644
--- a/man7/system_data_types.7
+++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ See also the
 .I uintptr_t
 and
 .I void *
-.\" TODO: Document void *
 types in this page.
 .RE
 .\"------------------------------------- lconv ------------------------/
@@ -1781,7 +1780,6 @@ See also the
 .I intptr_t
 and
 .I void *
-.\" TODO: Document void *
 types in this page.
 .RE
 .\"------------------------------------- va_list ----------------------/
@@ -1815,6 +1813,46 @@ See also:
 .BR va_copy (3),
 .BR va_end (3)
 .RE
+.\"------------------------------------- void * -----------------------/
+.TP
+.I void *
+.RS
+According to the C language standard,
+a pointer to any object type may be converted to a pointer to
+.I void
+and back.
+POSIX further requires that any pointer,
+including pointers to functions,
+may be converted to a pointer to
+.I void
+and back.
+.PP
+Conversions from and to any other pointer type are done implicitly,
+not requiring casts at all.
+.PP
+The conversion specifier for
+.I void *
+for the
+.BR printf (3)
+and the
+.BR scanf (3)
+families of functions is
+.BR p ;
+resulting commonly in
+.B %p
+for printing
+.I void *
+values.
+.PP
+Conforming to:
+C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.PP
+See also the
+.I intptr_t
+and
+.I uintptr_t
+types in this page.
+.RE
 .\"--------------------------------------------------------------------/
 .SH NOTES
 The structures described in this manual page shall contain,
-- 
2.28.0


  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-01 15:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-01 15:06 [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:06 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2020-10-01 15:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] void-*.3: New link to system_data_types(7) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:34 ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 15:40   ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:49     ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Document 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:49     ` [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add " Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 16:38       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 16:55         ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 11:54           ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-08 13:52           ` Vincent Lefevre
2020-10-12  9:36             ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 17:32       ` Paul Eggert
2020-10-02  8:24         ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02  8:48           ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 11:44             ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02  9:10           ` David Laight
2020-10-02 17:00             ` Paul Eggert
2020-10-02 10:49           ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 11:31             ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 13:06               ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:20                 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:27                   ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:51                     ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-03  8:00                       ` Navigational corrections (was: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *') Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-03  9:16                         ` Navigational corrections Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-03 11:39                           ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-05 22:08                             ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-07  6:53                               ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 15:49     ` [PATCH v2 2/2] void.3: New link to system_data_types(7) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:19     ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-03 11:44       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 12:16 [PATCH 0/2] Document 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 12:16 ` [PATCH 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add " Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:15   ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:26     ` David Laight

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