How does “void *” differ in C and C++?

 

　　C allows a void* pointer to be assigned to any pointer type without a cast, whereas C++ does not; this idiom appears often in C code using malloc memory allocation. For example, the following is valid in C but not C++:

void* ptr;
int *i = ptr; /* Implicit conversion from void* to int* */

　　or similarly:

int *j = malloc(sizeof(int) * 5); /* Implicit conversion from void* to int* */

 

　　In order to make the code compile in both C and C++, one must use an explicit cast:

void* ptr;
int *i = (int *) ptr;
int *j = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * 5);

 

　　Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility_of_C_and_C%2B%2B

 

 

 

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　　2013-11-27　　12:30:53