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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Jörn Engel wrote:
> 
> C now supports pointer arithmetic with void*?

C doesn't. gcc does. It's a documented extension, and it acts like if it 
was done on a byte.

See gcc's user guide "Extension to the C Language Family".

It's a singularly good feature. 

		Linus