Re: pointer to void property

Irrwahn Grausewitz wrote:
>
> If it's safe to convert a p-to-sometype to p-to-void, AND it's safe
> to convert a p-to-void to p-to-char, THEN it's safe to convert a
> p-to-int to p-to-void to p-to-char.
>
> What a typing mess...

The OP's original question was (rephrased):

Can this p-to-char be used to access the representation of the
"sometype" that p-to-sometype was pointing to?

which doesn't seem to have been answered yet on this thread
(everyone was distracted by the casting issue). I'm not sure
of the answer personally.

.

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