Hi Sorithy,

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:46:26AM -0700, SSI wrote:
> > /*******************************************************************
> > *   Convert a propValue to a unsigned long
> > *
> > ********************************************************************/
> > union _conv_ {
> >       char            c[sizeof(unsigned long)];
> >       unsigned long   l;
> > };
> > unsigned long convPropValue2ULong(char *propValue)
> > {
> >       union _conv_ u;
> >       memcpy(u.c, propValue, sizeof(unsigned long));
> >       return u.l;
> > }
> 62a77,79
> >
> >
> >
> 159c176
> <         i = *(unsigned long *) prop->propValue;  /* read binary */
> ---
> >         i = convPropValue2ULong(prop->propValue); /* read binary */


I'm trying to understand why this has worked on other 64 bit platforms
in the past but fails on yours.  Is it the way your compiler is making
the cast compared to other compilers we have used?  Can you (or
any C wizard) explain?

I admit that I'm not 100% clear what the compiler should do when
casting "unsigned char propValue[1]" to "unsigned long" -- always
seems like a bit of magic to me. ;)  I like your patch, as it's clear
what is happening.

-- 
Bill Moseley
moseley@hank.org

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