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Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function

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Barry Schwarz <schwarz45@yahoo.com> writes:
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> And regarding what you did post, you seem to be working under the
> micsonception that void** is a generic pointer to pointer.  It most
> definitely is not.  It is explicitly a pointer to void and may have a

You mean "pointer to pointer to void".

> completely different representation and alignment requirements than
> void* which is what you send it.  But until we see how myfunc uses it,
> we are just guessing.

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struct looses initialization when passing to a function ArifulHossain tuhin <etothepowerpi@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 07:17 -0800
  Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-03 11:59 +1300
    Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-03 12:01 +1300
  Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-02 23:01 +0000
  Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-03-03 06:29 -0800
  Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function Barry Schwarz <schwarz45@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-03 07:29 -0800
    Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-03-03 12:55 -0800
  Re: struct looses initialization when passing to a function Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-03-03 14:29 -0500

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