Can't decipher compiler error

[George Bell]

The compiler(gcc) gives me this error

faxGettyApp.c++:596: ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in
assignment
make[3]: *** [faxGettyApp.o] Error 1

on this code

void
faxGettyApp::setEnvVar(char* var, char* val)
{
char * v;
596 v = malloc( strlen(var) + strlen(val) + 2 );
if ( v == NULL )
traceServer("runGetty: setEnvVar: cannot malloc" );
else
{
sprintf( v, "%s=%s", var, val );
if ( putenv( v ) != 0 )
traceServer("runGetty: putenv: putenv failed" );
}
}


this function is called by:

setenv("ABCDEF", abcd)

where "abcd" is of type fxStr
where fxStr is special class for strings defined in the program.

What does this error mean?
Thanks

George

 

[John Harrison]

The compiler(gcc) gives me this error

faxGettyApp.c++:596: ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in
assignment
make[3]: *** [faxGettyApp.o] Error 1

on this code

void
faxGettyApp::setEnvVar(char* var, char* val)
{
char * v;
596 v = malloc( strlen(var) + strlen(val) + 2 );
if ( v == NULL )
traceServer("runGetty: setEnvVar: cannot malloc" );
else
{
sprintf( v, "%s=%s", var, val );
if ( putenv( v ) != 0 )
traceServer("runGetty: putenv: putenv failed" );
}
}


this function is called by:

setenv("ABCDEF", abcd)

where "abcd" is of type fxStr
where fxStr is special class for strings defined in the program.

What does this error mean?
Thanks

George

Guess what, it means you cannot implicitly convert from void* (to char*).

char * v;
v = malloc( strlen(var) + strlen(val) + 2 );

v is type char*, malloc returns type void*. In C++ it is not legal to
convert from void* to char*. It is legal in C, maybe this is what is
confusing you, the code you've posted looks like C code not C++ code.
Perhaps you should try a C compiler instead.

If you want to carry on with a C++ compiler then you are going to have to
add a cast

v = (char*)malloc( strlen(var) + strlen(val) + 2 );

john

 

[Andrey Tarasevich]

The compiler(gcc) gives me this error

faxGettyApp.c++:596: ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in
assignment
make[3]: *** [faxGettyApp.o] Error 1

There is no implicit conversion from 'void*' to 'char*' in C++. If your
code depends on such conversion, you have to do it explicitly.