From: _z33 <timid.Gentoo@gmail.com>
To: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: typecasting - explain
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:46:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dfrckc$ts5$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
I'm not able to understand what exactly happens when I typecast a
data type from one to other. What I had in mind was, that by typecasting
you are making it clear to the compiler how to handle the data. For
example, when you get a "void *" from malloc, the reason you typecast it
to the required data type, is to make sure later the compiler doesn't
complain or throw an error, when doing some pointer arithmetic on it. Am
I wrong completely?
If my conception is correct, then I'm having a serious problem in
understanding typecasting of function pointers. First of all, I thought
it is meaningless and the compiler won't allow it. However, to my shock
I came across a posting today morning on a different newsgroup, claiming
that it is in fact supported by the ANSI standard. Is it? If so, what
does such a typecasting mean?
_z33
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next reply other threads:[~2005-09-09 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-09 19:46 _z33 [this message]
2005-09-09 7:33 ` typecasting - explain kaushal
2005-09-09 8:48 ` _z33
2005-09-09 9:28 ` Jarmo
2005-09-09 10:04 ` _z33
2005-09-09 13:19 ` Glynn Clements
2005-09-09 9:46 ` Steve Graegert
2005-09-09 10:22 ` _z33
2005-09-09 10:49 ` Steve Graegert
2005-09-09 11:10 ` _z33
2005-09-09 11:29 ` Steve Graegert
2005-09-09 13:17 ` Glynn Clements
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