>
> Does anyone have an understandable explanation for what causes the
following errors?
> The code that generated the errors were supposedly good functions that
didn't have any bugs.
> ---------------------
> Error : illegal implicit conversion from 'void *' to 'FieldType *'
You are assigned a pointer of type void* to a pointer of type FieldType*.
You need some casting.
Example:
Suppose I have a function called foo() that returns a void* (or VoidPtr -
same thing)
FieldType* myFieldTypePtr;
myFieldTypePtr = foo(); // This will generate the error you mention
myFieldTypePtr = (FieldType*)foo(); // This will compile fine
Remember that:
FieldType* == FieldTypePtr
and
void* == VoidPtr
in the world of Palm
> --------------------
> Error : illegal implicit conversion from 'void **' to 'char **'
> ---------------------
Same deal.
There is a compile option somewhere that defines whether or not you wish for
strict pointer assignments. In codewarrior its under C/C++ Language in the
settings panel. There is a checkbox labelling "Relaxed Pointer type rules".
Hope that helps.
Brian.
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