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Re: const void * in structure

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On 12.06.2011 02:07, Skybuck Flying wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I come across the following C/C++ code which is a bit unfamiliar to me:
>
> const void *SomeField2; // *
>
> typedef struct SomeStructureName1 {
> int SomeField1;
> const void *SomeField2; // *
> int SomeField3;
> } SomeStructureName2;
>
> It seems like a "constant void pointer type"
>
> How to translate this structure to Delphi ?
>
> My guess would be:
>
> type
> SomeStructureName1 = record
> SomeField1 : integer;
> SomeField2 : pointer;
> SomeField3 : integer;
> end;
> SomeStructureName2 = SomeStructureName1;
>
> Also is it just a "syntax" difference or is there a binary difference
> between
>
> 1. void *
> vs
> 2. const void *
>
> ?
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.

It's easier to read C++ declarations from right to left when pointers 
are involved. So the type is "pointer to constant void".

- RaZ

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const void * in structure "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-06-12 02:07 +0200
  Re: const void * in structure RaZiel <raziel_206_@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-12 05:51 +0200
  Re: const void * in structure "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-12 09:25 +0200
  Re: const void * in structure "Morris Keesan" <mkeesan@post.harvard.edu> - 2011-06-12 12:42 -0400

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