caddr_t or void *

[RW]

On Thursday 10 August 2006 15:16, RW wrote:
> On Thursday 10 August 2006 14:56, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > Only OpenSource wrote:
> > > caddr_t which is a typedef for char* seems to be used quite often in
> > > the kernel code.  Would void* be preferable to caddr_t ?
> >
> > No.  Having to cast (void *)'s to the actual data type every time you
> > dereference them would be highly annoying.
>
> My C's a bit rusty, but isn't it the other way around. You don't need to
> cast (void *) so it suppresses useful type warnings.

Sorry, missed the bit about dereferencing.