1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
int n = 5;
int* a_n = &n; // address of an int (normal stuff)
void* a_n_as_void_star = a_n; // assign the int* to a void*
int* a_n_other = a_n_as_void_star; // assign the void* to an int*
//char* s = a_n; // We may NOT assign an int* to a char*.
char* s = a_n_as_void_star; // Indirectly assigned the int* to char* via the void*.
// Typecast does the same thing. DANGEROUS!!!
printf("%s\n", s); // Gobbledygook
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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