Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!stan!imp
From: imp@Solbourne.COM (Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Question about using void *
Message-ID: <1991Jan18.225308.25139@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 18 Jan 91 22:53:08 GMT
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc.
Lines: 33


Given something like the following:

struct foo {
	void *bar;
};

struct foo fred[] = {
	{ (void *) 1},
	{ (void *) 3}
};

struct foo george[] = {
	{ (void *) "Warner"},
	{ (void *) "Losh"}
};

In the program where I see this being done, there is a tag that tells
what type each element of the struct foo is, plus some other
information.  What I've presented here are just the basics.

My question is: Is this portable?  Can I stuff an integer into a
pointer and expect to get it back out again?  I know that there are
problems with going the other way (stuff a pointer into an int and
then try to get it back out).

I couldn't find anything in my K&R II to tell me how kosher this
method is.

Warner
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