On 26-Jun-18 1:58 PM, Zhang, Qi Z wrote:
my understand is peer is identified by a string (or filename) what I mean is clone the content of the buffer that peer point to , So I don't need to worry if the original peer be used to point to some other data
As far as the application is concerned, peer is an opaque pointer, and should be treated as such. Peeking behind a void pointer that is not designed for this purpose is not a good idea, even if technically you know what's in there.
-- Thanks, Anatoly