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Subject: Re: casting a pointer of a pointer
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"FYS" <zfysz AT cybertrails DOT com> wrote in message
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> In MS VC6.x and MS QC2.5, the following compiles as
> expected:
>
> unsigned short repcnt;
> unsigned char *li_s;
>
> // get the WORD at li_s
> repcnt = (unsigned short) (unsigned short *) *li_s;
>
>
> What I am trying to do is get the WORD at the BYTE PTR's
> location.  In VC6.x and QC2.5, the above compiles and
> works as expected, but not in DGJPP.
>
> link.c:927: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> link.c:927: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
>
> What is the DJGPP equivalent to the above code?

Surely
 repcnt = *(unsigned short *)li_s;    /* possible alignment problem for
portable code */
or
 repcnt = (unsigned short)*li_s;
is what you meant.

Your problem is not djgpp, but the language itself.  Your example line of
code has, at best,
typing practice in it.  Be sure that you are not confused about what you
want and that you
don't need to review the C language as well.