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No casting to a constant memory value

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anxious7

Technical User
Nov 23, 2007
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what should i do in order to avoid casting in this situation ?

(unknown data type) *ptr = 0x00102f3c;
 
Unless you're writing for DOS, or an embedded platform, why would you want to?


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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
 
So what's the problem with using a cast?

You could hide it inside a macro, say
[tt]#define MK_PTR(x) ((void*)(x))[/tt]

Or maybe a short, possibly inline, function, say
Code:
void *mk_ptr ( unsigned long addr ) {
  return (void*)addr;
}

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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
 
Maybe not, but before I think about some horribly contrived answer, why are you so against the idea of having just one cast to do one known thing?


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