Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:56:40 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Only OpenSource <onlyopensource@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: caddr_t or void * Message-ID: <44DB3B18.6060609@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <a779d4420608100607g113b3569te49dfbe6fb7bea5c@mail.gmail.com> References: <a779d4420608100607g113b3569te49dfbe6fb7bea5c@mail.gmail.com>
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Only OpenSource wrote: > caddr_t which is a typedef for char* seems to be used quite often in > the kernel code. Would void* be preferable to caddr_t ? No. Having to cast (void *)'s to the actual data type every time you dereference them would be highly annoying. -- -Chuck
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