Comment # 147
on bug 8416
from beroset@mindspring.com
(In reply to comment #145)
> (In reply to comment #78)
> > Created attachment 10296 [details]
> > patch to remove C++ incompatibilities from uat_new calls from several files
> >
> > the fifth argument to uat_new is "void** data_ptr" but many files cast it to
> > "void *" on invocation. This patch changes those files to use a "void **"
> > cast to remove a C++ incompatibility.
>
> With this patch I cannot compile anymore with gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20080704
> (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25). I get the following warning:
> dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
>
> Maybe that's why the initial code was using void* instead of void**.
>
> I'm running out of idea on how to nicely handle this. Replacing (void**) by
> (void**)(void*) does work but is really ugly.
> Any thought?
Which file or files does it complain about?
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