Re: [RFC] timers, pointers to functions and type safety

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > What exactly is the pita here? Al only came up with some rather 
> > theoretical problems with no practical relevance.
> 
> Lack of type-checking in timers is ugly.

It's a matter of perspective, a bit more type checking would be nice, but 
breaking the API just for that is ugly as well. Unless there is a bad need 
for it, I don't think it's worth it...

bye, Roman
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