----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Mansheim <Michael_J_Mansheim@GRACO.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: MPLAB-C porting


> > No, I'm afraid it will not. The statement
>
> >    frdaddr = (unsigned long *) flashadd;
>
> > will interpret the bits of 'flashadd' as a pointer to an unsigned long;.
>
> > It will then attempt to assign that _pointer_ to frdaddr.
>
> Ah, didn't recognize that you can cast to a pointer.  Well, that's what
> I get for jumping in where I'm not an expert just cuz I thought I knew
> the answer.  I'll retreat now to wipe the egg off my face, and promise
> not to post any more answers on this thread.
>
> > Such an assignment is _illegal_ in standard "C" (you cannot assign a
> pointer
> > to an integer type).
>
> Can you clarify this for me?  frdaddr was originally defined as a long
> pointer - I'm not clear on what is illegal.

Um, frdaddr was defined as int, wasn't it?

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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