Re: pointer to void property
- From: Irrwahn Grausewitz <irrwahn35@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:49:00 +0200
"Mabden" <mabden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"Old Wolf" <oldwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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<snip>
>> 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?
<snip>
>Well, even if you do so, you would have to account for (ie: guess) byte
>alignments that might change between compiler versions, or CPU changes
>(32bit vs 64bit currently), or OS changes (versions), or OS changes
>(endian issues), or OS changes (devices like PDAs), or OS changes (you
>get the idea).
If a C programmer messes around with the internal representation of
objects, he knows he's left the realm of portable C. Well, at least
he /should/ know. ;-)
Best regards
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