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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: what is the suggested way to do void * arithmetic ?
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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > I don't understand the second one.  The first one blows up because
> > you aren't parenthesizing, e.g.:
> >
> >       next = (void *)(p + len);
> >
> > The compiler is complaining because it doesn't know sizeof(*((void *)0))
> 
> ok, it actually evaluates to 1 and i thought it was some standard, probably
> it is not so i guess i have to cast to (char *) instead

THat's what I meant -- "char *", not "char"; sorry for any confusion.

-- Terry