Pointer to integer without a cast

I'm trying to a get a pointer to my raster pixel data here, in cairo. But the problem is more of a broader c one. I hope Laser is around, she'll know this one. The second line of code is throwing a 'initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast'

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cairo_rectangle_int_t *rect = &(cairo_rectangle_int_t){100, 100, 1, 1}; // COMPILES FINE
cairo_surface_t *image=cairo_surface_map_to_image(surface , rect); // THIS BARFS

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I tried passing &rect into the initializer, that didn't work. Any ideas. Thanks. - Javaeyes

What is the return type and signature of cairo_surface_map_to_image? What is the type of surface?

If I could find the API I'd be in a lot better shape, but I cannot find the API, I think it's so new that the devs may not have released it. I am posting also on the #cairo IRC channel and the devs do their best to answer me, but they are very busy, as are you. The type of surface is: cairo_surface_t *surface. So it's a pointer to a cairo_surface_t, which I am pretty sure is what the function initializer expects. I am assuming it returns another surface. Basically I'm passing in a surface, and then coordinates for a rectangle within that surface and returning a smaller surface -- which will then give me access to the raw raster pixel data. I'll keep searching for the API but when I google the function name only a couple pages show up and it is mostly devs discussing how the API should work.

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Originally Posted by javaeyes

If I could find the API I'd be in a lot better shape, but I cannot find the API, I think it's so new that the devs may not have released it.

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Unfortunately, that's the crux of the problem. If you don't know what arguments the function expects, then it is hard to know how to call it correctly. If you don't know what the function returns, then it is hard to use its return value correctly. However, at the very least my question can be answered by looking up the header in which cairo_surface_map_to_image is declared.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let me parse through the headers. Thanks Laser! I also directly asked the devs if there is an API somewhere where google hasn't indexed yet.

Hmm. Cairo has only 1 included header. I searched for the function name and nothing came up. The header also includes three other headers, and I searched them, but there's nothing there. Now I'm officially at a temporary dead end. Can you see any trails to follow Laser?

Did you include cairo.h ?

Yes I included cairo.h, also searched for the string literal "cairo_surface_map_to_image" within cairo.h, nothing shows up. I also parsed the file manually, by eye, and I cannot find it. Maybe it's just not there?

If a function isn't in a header file, you aren't going to be able to use it are you?

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Originally Posted by javaeyes

If a function isn't in a header file, you aren't going to be able to use it are you?

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Yes, though you could forward declare the function yourself if you know what is the correct declaration, which you don't in this case.