customized "new" and pointer alignment

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"%u" <new at new.com> wrote in message news:epm1ep$1ld5$1 at digitaldaemon.com...

> Also buffer is declared as:
>
> void[] buffer;
>
> Is the size of void is the same as char?

The size of a void is (AFAIK) defined to be the smallest addressable (or 
maybe manipulatable) data unit on the machine.  So on most computers, it'll 
be an 8-bit byte.

The size of a char variable is always 8 bits, because it's a UTF-8 
something-or-other.  It's not a codepoint, it's a ...?  But it's always 8 
bits.

So the two sizes are the same mostly by coincidence.