Maybe you would like to show us some real code?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of Joseph Reichman
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:40 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: casting with XL C\C++ compiler
>
> Hi
>
> Seems like a lot the casting I was able to do with the Visual Studio C\C++
> compiler I am not able to do with XL C\C++ compiler
>
> A specific case struct * pointer the I would like to assign a char[1200]
> via Struct pointer *
>
> Buffer char[1200]
This should have generated an error also. Perhaps you meant
char Buffer[1200];
> pointer = (pointer)&buffer; generates an error
Assuming that you simply omitted the definition of pointer, something like
struct x *pointer;
then the assignment would look like
pointer = (struct x*)Buffer;
While the & doesn't hurt in this case, it is superfluous because Buffer is
an array. But since C is case sensitive, buffer is completely different
from Buffer.
> any guidance appreciated
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