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[cMADsc]

greetings, I am usiing Nate Miller''s tga file loading code. When I try to compile it I keep getting type casting errors.
i.e.''='': cannot convert from ''void *'' to ''unsigned char*''
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//getRGBA
//reads in rgba data for a 32bit image
unsigned char *getRGBA (FILE *s, int size)
{
unsigned char *rgba;
unsigned char temp;
int bread;
int i;

// rgba =(unsigned char *) malloc(size * 4);
rgba = malloc(size * 4);
if (rgba == NULL)
return 0;

bread = fread(rgba, sizeof(unsigned char), size * 4, s);

//tga is stored in bgra, make it rgba
if (bread != size * 4)
{
free (rgba);
return 0;
}

for (i = 0; i < size * 4; i+=4)
{
temp = rgba;
rgba[i] = rgba[1 + 2];
rgba[1 + 2] = temp;
}

texFormat = GL_RGBA;
return rgba;
}
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When i rewrite it to rgba =(unsigned char *) malloc(size * 4); the error goes away. Although, malloc uses a void * and a void pointer is able to point to any type of object. Why do I get the error? Or maybe I just copied the code down wrong. Thanks in advance.



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[mittens]

rgba = malloc(size * 4);

Hmmm, if its anything like some of the wierd stuff I"ve been experiencing try doing it like this:

rgba= (unsigned char) (malloc(size*4));

I have no idea if that will work... I prefer using ''new'' (which in case you want to know, is easier,
and here is how you do it:

rgba= new unsigned char [size*4];

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[zedzeek]

its cause youre using c++. the above error won''t happen with c. c++ has more rigorous type checking, so stick a cast before it