Talk:Generic swap: Difference between revisions

y does the c version use char* and not void *? can it use anything? long* int* short* byte*etc?

:Because you can't operate on (void *), only refer to it. That said, a ''real'' implementation would cast to (int *) first (the most efficient machine word size), then finish any leftovers with a few less efficient (char *) swaps at the end. --[[User:IanOsgood|IanOsgood]] 18:50, 3 February 2008 (MST)