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   From: musiphil@bawi.org   
      
   On 2011-06-22 15:53, doug@dbassoc.com wrote:   
   >   
   > I have a routine that gets passed a void* to a structure.  In the   
   > routine I cast it to the correct type, e.g.   
   >   
   > SomeFunc(void* pMsg) {   
   >  printf("Event = %d\n", static_cast(pMsg)-   
   >> Event);   
   > }   
   >   
   > If I am accessing many members of the structure the code looks pretty   
   > messy.  I can create a new pointer of the correct type and assign it   
   > the cast void*, but it seems like it shouldn't be necessary to create   
   > a temporary variable just for this purpose.  Is there some way to cast   
   > the parameter pMsg to the correct type?   
      
   You just explained why it may be necessary to create a temporary variable.   
   What potential drawbacks are you afraid of?   
      
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