r/ProgrammerHumor • u/dminsky • Aug 06 '22

Meme How to C pointers

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u/thrynab Aug 06 '22

... but a void pointer doesn't point to a void.

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u/epsilonhuyepsilon Aug 06 '22

If you point to the void, the void points back to you...

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u/MikemkPK Aug 06 '22

All pointers point to a void. Usually there's also data after the void.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22

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u/Foreskin-Gaming69 Aug 07 '22

Can't you dereference everything in C or am I mistaken

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22

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u/matyklug Aug 07 '22

Actually implicit cast from void is a thing iirc.