Re: ltdl.c warnings

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> With every compiler except for GCC, I am seeing many warnings when
> compiling ltdl.c at the default warning level.  This is unfortunate
> since ltdl.c is usually the only source file in my project which
> produces any warning messages.
>
> Here are a set of warnings from the AIX C compiler.
>
> "/home/bfriesen/GraphicsMagick/ltdl/ltdl.c", line 3725.58: 1506-280 (E) Function 
> argument assignment between types "vo
> id*" and "int(*)(const char*,void*)" is not allowed.
> "/home/bfriesen/GraphicsMagick/ltdl/ltdl.c", line 3731.58: 1506-280 (E) Function 
> argument assignment between types "vo
> id*" and "int(*)(const char*,void*)" is not allowed.
> "/home/bfriesen/GraphicsMagick/ltdl/ltdl.c", line 3735.62: 1506-280 (E) Function 
> argument assignment between types "vo
> id*" and "int(*)(const char*,void*)" is not allowed.
> "/home/bfriesen/GraphicsMagick/ltdl/ltdl.c", line 3742.62: 1506-280 (E) Function 
> argument assignment between types "vo
> id*" and "int(*)(const char*,void*)" is not allowed.
> "/home/bfriesen/GraphicsMagick/ltdl/ltdl.c", line 3749.62: 1506-280 (E) Function 
> argument assignment between types "vo
> id*" and "int(*)(const char*,void*)" is not allowed.
>
> The HPUX and IRIX compilers produce similar warning messages.

Yes, I'm aware of these.  Unfortunately fixing them requires a rewrite of some 
of the internal APIs, which is quite an involved task.  I've learned my lesson 
now though... function pointers and void* don't mix :-(

Cheers,
        Gary.
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