Quoth adr <a...@sdf.org>: > On Sun, 15 May 2022, arn...@skeeve.com wrote: > > > It allows you pass pointers of any type without requiring casts: > > > > struct foo s[5] = ... > > memmove(s, & s[1], 4 * sizeof(struct foo)); // shift down 1 > > > > The compiler won't complain because any pointer type can be passed > > to a void* parameter. Otherwise you'd need to cast: > > > > memmove((uchar*) s, (uchar*) & s[1], 4 * sizeof(struct foo)); > > Sure, but you could change it to do the same with char*. >
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