From:	Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Type casting problems with gcc
Date:	Sun, 2 Mar 1997 10:39:19 +0000
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Samuel McGrath writes:
>I'm using the Allegro graphics library right now, and I'm trying to 
>reference the w and h fields of the BITMAP structure like this:
>
>void* bmp = create_bitmap(320,200);
>int bitmapwidth = (BITMAP*)(bmp)->w;

Why do you need to declare this as a void pointer? If you declared:

        BITMAP *bmp = create_bitmap(320,200);
        int bitmapwidth = bmp->w;

it would be quite a bit simpler :-)

If you really do need the void pointer for some reason, the problem is 
that your brackets are in the wrong place. You're looking up bmp->w, 
and then casting that to a bitmap pointer, while you want to do the cast 
before referencing the structure member. Instead, try:

        ((BITMAP *)bmp)->w;



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