Re: Compiler warnings in dispnew.c

[Stefan Monnier]

Andreas Schwab [2021-11-28 12:07:01] wrote:
> -  memcpy (&to->x, &from->x, sizeof *to - off);
> +  memcpy ((char *) to + off, (char *) from + off, sizeof *to - off);

I wonder: is the (char*) cast sufficient or is it necessary to
"obfuscate" the code by writing `to + off` instead of `&to->x`?
[ By "obfuscate" I mean here to hide from the compiler, rather than from
  humans, because I'm not sure which of the two is more clear to
  a human, here.  ]


        Stefan