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Bug 648366 - Double and long shouldn't be allowed as generic arguments
Double and long shouldn't be allowed as generic arguments
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 774713
Product: vala
Classification: Core
Component: Code Generator
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Vala maintainers
Vala maintainers
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Reported: 2011-04-21 09:52 UTC by Luca Bruno
Modified: 2016-11-30 14:03 UTC
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Description Luca Bruno 2011-04-21 09:52:32 UTC 
Hello,
Vala casts double and long values to a pointer when used as generic arguments, but it's not guaranteed their size is the same as a pointer. Therefore vala must forbid its usage, instead force the use of boxed types double? and long?.
Comment 1 Al Thomas 2016-11-30 14:03:28 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 774713 ***