From:	"Ole Laursen" <ole_laursen AT hardworking DOT dk>
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Subject:	Re: Dereferencing a void pointer
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Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:39:54 +0200
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>I have a struct with a 'void *data' member, of which the type I assign
>when I judge what data goes in it. The compiler yaks at me when I
>try to offset it like:
>
> to->data[offset]=0;

If

void *data

then it should be

((my_type) to->data)[offset] = 0;

e.g.

((int *) to->data)[offset] = 0;

Hope that helps?

Ole Laursen
Aalborg, Denmark

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