Re: Re: function cast?

["phil song" <philsong@techtrex.com>]

HI,Manish Katiyar!

	thanks,I see too now.

======= 2010-01-28 14:24:58 The letter which you writted before:=======

>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Randi Botse <nightdecoder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> (sorry for my first uncomplete email, please abandon the first mail)
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Sometimes i see codes are written like this:
>>
>> (void) printf(fmt);
>>
>> - or -
>>
>> (void) close(fd);
>>
>> What these means? i think it is not necessary to put that 'void' on a
>> statement, or it just like when we cast a data type like:
>>
>> double d = 93.43;
>> int i = (int) d;
>>
>> but why those function need to be casted in a 'void' ?
>
>Some time it is also to shut up static analysis tools, which might
>crib if the function is supposed to return a value and you have not
>used the return value. It might be intentional or you might have just
>missed. So inorder to show that it is intetional not to use the return
>value we typecast it.
>
>Thanks -
>Manish
>
>>
>> Thanks,
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Sincerely
 
phil song
philsong@techtrex.com
2010-02-01