Thread: Conflicting pointer with type - not sure.

Could someone please help me sort out the conflicting types I'm suffering.

Code:

I have this function:

SDL_Rect sprite_getClipRect(Sprite *ptr_sprite, int col, int row)
{
    return ptr_sprite->clip[col][row];
}

And I'm trying to use it here:

SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, sprite_getTexture(spaceship_sprite), &sprite_getClipRect(spaceship_sprite, 1, 0), &spaceship_rect);

The cheap fix i used was this:

    SDL_Rect rect = sprite_getClipRect(spaceship_sprite, 1, 0);
    SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, sprite_getTexture(spaceship_sprite), &rect, &spaceship_rect);

But I should not need to create this local variable.

But the return type: SDL_Rect doesn't seem to match the parameter demand of SDL_Rect* source.

int SDL_RenderCopy(SDL_Renderer* renderer,
SDL_Texture* texture,
const SDL_Rect* srcrect,
const SDL_Rect* dstrect)