Thread: does this error make sense

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    Wanabe Laser Engineer chico1st's Avatar
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    does this error make sense

    Usually when MSVC tells me something is wrong, something is wrong.

    But here is a chunk of my code and i think this error is bogus.

    Code:
    1>.\SnapLib.c(42) : warning C4047: 'function' : 'uInt8 **' differs in levels of indirection from 'uInt8 *'
    1>.\SnapLib.c(42) : warning C4024: 'AnalogueCardInit' : different types for formal and actual parameter 2
    Code:
    int AnalogueCardInit( uInt8 *image1D, uInt8 **image2D);
    int main(void){
    	uInt8* Buffer1D = NULL;
    	uInt8** Buffer2D = NULL;
    
    	int nothing = 0;
    	nothing = AnalogueCardInit( Buffer1D, *Buffer2D);
    }
    int AnalogueCardInit ( uInt8 *image1D, uInt8 **image2D){
    ...
    }
    This will be part of a library and Buffer1D will hold the values and Buffer2D will point to parts of Buffer1D making a 2D array
    Last edited by chico1st; 05-27-2008 at 11:26 AM.

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    The second argument is uInt8** and Buffer2D is uInt8**, so why do you dereference Buffer2D to pass it to this function?
    I might be wrong.

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    The error (or rather, warning) is not bogus. It is just telling you that Buffer2D is a uInt8**, so *Buffer2D is a uInt8*. However, the second parameter of AnalogueCardInit is a uInt8**, not a uInt8*, yet you pass *Buffer2D as the argument.
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    From what I can see you are passing a pointer to AnalogueCardInit, but the function is expecting a pointer of a pointer (second argument). You should just pass Buffer2D, without the indirection.

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    so when passing a 2D array into a function you have
    Code:
    int main(void){
         int**something;
         foo(something);
         return 0;
    }
    function foo(**something){
    }
    edit: I want them both to be passed by reference if that makes a difference. I want the values in main to change when foo does stuff
    Last edited by chico1st; 05-27-2008 at 11:36 AM.

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    I want them both to be passed by reference if that makes a difference. I want the values in main to change when foo does stuff
    To begin with, have you worked with one dimensional arrays?
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    yes i have
    i thought when you wanted to pass by reference it looks like
    &Variable
    1Dstring
    *2Dstring
    **3Dstring

    but i suppose it is really

    &Variable
    1Dstring
    2Dstring
    3Dstring

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