Can somebody please tell me:
- What is
caddr_t? - When is it used ?
- How it is different from
void*? - When to use
void*and when to usecaddr_t?
Thanks in advance.
Can somebody please tell me: What is caddr_t ? When is it used ?
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Can somebody please tell me:
caddr_t ?void* ?void* and when to use caddr_t ?Thanks in advance.
caddr_tis a legacy BSD type associated with some low level calls likemmap, and it should never be used in modern code. It was rejected by the POSIX standard. The standardizedmmapusesvoid *.