Re: Error message of pointer of type `void *' used in arithmetic in g++

[hacklberry]

Crap wrote:
> Hi there
>
> there is this little part of my project that has a few lines involving 
> moving a void pointer to and fro by a few bytes, i.e.  ptr += (something) 
> or ptr -= (something) where ptr is of type void *
>
> The code compiles fine in gcc and the program works perfect with no memory 
> leaks or seg faults, but this won't compile with g++ at all and it keeps 
> complaining with error messages of :
>
>          pointer of type `void *' used in arithmetic
>
> on those lines with ath void pointer that I have mentioned.  Is there some 
> flag in g++ to get rid of this annoying issue? I have gcc/g++ 3.2.2
>
> Thanks 

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#void-ptr

cheers,

h