Re: struct opCast to void* and back

[Robert Clipsham]

On 11/04/10 15:41, Nrgyzer wrote:
I want to do the following:
struct MyStruct {

        char[] structName;

        public char[] toString() {

                return structName;

        }
        
}

...

class MyClass {

        private static void function(void*) callBack;
        private static void* callBackValue;
        ...
        static this() {
                MyStruct test = MyStruct();
                test.structName = "Struct name";
                callBack =&cb;
                callBackValue =&test;
        }
        ...
        public void cb(void* value) {

                MyStruct temp = *((cast(MyStruct*) value));
                writefln(temp);

        }

}

Why the need for void* everywhere? Surely you could save the effort and 
store it as a MyStruct?