Thread: structures

i have those two structures

Code:

struct classbody {
	int count;
	struct streenode *namesroot;
};

struct methodblockbody {
	int count
	struct streenode *namesroot;

as you can see they "are" the same. they just differ in name because of code readability. is it safe to assign those to a function like

Code:

fname(void *blabla)
{
     do something with blabla-> count or blabla->streenode
}

stormbringer

i have a function that takes a pointer to void as an argument.

i also have the two structures above.

i pass the structures one after another to the function. the function changes the structure fields. but the structures don't have the same name. is this sort of coding save?

if i had a third structure like

Code:

struct classbody {
	int count;
	struct streenode *namesroot;
                char something;
};

and would pass it to the function, would there be an access violation or will it be ok, as long as i just use the labels defined in all three structures.
passing all three structures and just working on count and *namesroot works. but is it save, or will the programm sometimes crash?

i hope i made myself clearer