From: fred AT genesis DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Lawrence Kirby)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Casting void pointers
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 98 10:33:56 GMT
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In article <358DC1FA DOT 443E297D AT cs DOT com> fighteer AT cs DOT com "John M. Aldrich" writes:

...

>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int foo( int x )
>{
>    return x + 10;
>}
>
>int main( void )
>{
>    void *vp = foo;

Your compiler should have generated a diagnostic for this. The C language
requires a cast to convert between void * and function pointers (in both
directions). Note that C doesn't guarantee that a void * object can properly
hold a funciton pointer. You should avoid doing this.

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