-=> Herman Schonfeld wrote to All <=-

 HS> list = (void *)malloc(num_entries * sizeof(void *))
            ^^^^^^^^ This is redundant (malloc already returns a void *)

 HS> In the code I must determine these structures on the fly so as a rule
 HS> of thumb each structure's first member is a char, which is supposed
 HS> to determine it's type. I thought I could just do a simple cast to
 HS> the structure+1 (the extra byte is where the TYPE lies) and hence
 HS> determine what the structure is.

In the example code that followed, you showed the TYPE identifier as the
first character of each structure. There should be no additional offset,
then -- no "+1".

 HS> sizeof(char)

sizeof(char) is always 1; sizeof() measures in terms of char.

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