[Lynx-dev] HTTCP.c warning [PATCH]

[Doug Kaufman]

When compiling for MingW with warnings turned on, I noticed that
there is one item it the code that sets off the gcc warning that
"dereferncing of type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing
rules". In the past I had the -fno-strict-aliasing flag included in my
CFLAGS, but it would probably be better to fix the code. As you know,
I am not a programmer. Is this the proper fix, or should something
else be done? It does make the warning go away.
                           Doug


--- lynx2.8.6dev.18/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTCP.c.ori      2006-05-29 
15:44:54.000000000 -0700
+++ lynx2.8.6dev.18/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTCP.c  2006-07-26 
14:16:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@
            WSASetLastError(WSAHOST_NOT_FOUND);
 
            hThread = CreateThread(NULL, 4096UL, _fork_func, host, 0UL,
-                                  (unsigned long *) &dwThreadID);
+                                  (unsigned long *)(void *) &dwThreadID);
            if (!hThread)
                MessageBox(NULL, "CreateThread",
                           "CreateThread Failed", 0L);

-- 
Doug Kaufman
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