Re: Cast as you can (VC++ 6.0)

[Roger H. <rog...@mi...>]

One way might be:

myStruct * myStructPtr;

myStructPtr =  ( myStruct*) ( (int) myStructPtr + sizeOfMyStruct ) ;


Very similar to what we had to do in Pascal a decade or more ago.

Roger.



On Friday, December 17, 2004, at 06:49  pm, Jose' Cruanyes wrote:

> I'm trying to compile Quesa with VC++ 6.0, and an issue has risen
>
> the cast on l-values are not allowed in MS VC++
>
> this expression is illegal in C++ (according to MS)
>
> myStruct * myStructPtr;
>
> ((char*) myStructPtr)) += sizeOfMyStruct
>
> error C2106 left operand must be l-value...
>
> there are 44 of them in quesa
>
> several other changes had been made, but this is serious
> do you know a way to avoid it?
>
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