[Interest] Void pointers for Mac ARM

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On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 8:12 PM Turtle Creek Software
<support at turtlesoft.com> wrote:
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> Our app contains some old C-ish C++ code from an early 90's database called NeoAccess. It often uses function pointers with void pointers as parameters.  Their code works OK for Mac & Windows, when built with the latest Qt5 on Intel.
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> The code also builds OK with the latest Qt6, but running it on an M1 Mac gives run-time errors. Void pointers to structs and objects don't cast properly and stay null.  We haven't tried Qt6 on Windows yet but will do that soon.
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> Any ideas on how to fix it?  We've abandoned NeoAccess for our new app but still need it to convert data from existing files.  Rewriting their code is a nightmare.

Casey,
Perhaps, checking the alignment of the void* pointers in question
could provide you with some clues.

Kind regards,
Robert Iakobashvili
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