[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Another solution (and I just checked this with a friend >who knows the C
> >standards pretty damn well) could be to use `void *' >for any argument
> >that is supposed to hold binary (non-text) data.
>
> Get another friend. :)
>
> void* is best used to indicate "can be a pointer to
> anything."
>
> unsigned char* is best used to indicate "pointer to
> some bytes."
Unfortunately, that leads to evil casts in some cases. I tend to use
void * for "pointer to some bytes" in cases where the caller may have
something more specific than bytes in their hand (e.g. a structure).
Cheers,
Ben.
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