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Asked: June 1, 20262026-06-01T12:01:30+00:00 2026-06-01T12:01:30+00:00

How to cast a pointer to void object to class object?

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    2026-06-01T12:01:32+00:00Added an answer on June 1, 2026 at 12:01 pm

    With a static_cast. Note that you must only do this if the pointer really does point to an object of the specified type; that is, the value of the pointer to void was taken from a pointer to such an object.

    thing * p = whatever(); // pointer to object
    void * pv = p;          // pointer to void
    thing * p2 = static_cast<thing *>(pv); // pointer to the same object
    

    If you find yourself needing to do this, you may want to rethink your design. You’re giving up type safety, making it easy to write invalid code:

    something_else * q = static_cast<something_else *>(pv);
    q->do_something();  // BOOM! undefined behaviour.
    
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