Re: Type cast problem with VC++ 2005 Express Edition

OK I tried something else.

struct bool_struct
{
  bool a[32];
};
int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
  bool_struct* p=new bool_struct;
  return 0;
}

so "new bool_struct" ends up by calling the following cb=32.

void * operator new( unsigned int cb )
{
   void *res = _nh_malloc( cb, 1 );

   return res;
}

So 32 byte is allocated for "bool a[32];"

Also the following quote from MSDN help installed with VC++ 6 which
confirms the size of 1 byte for VC++ 6;

Microsoft Specific

In Visual C++4.2, the Standard C++ header files contained a typedef that
equated bool with int. In Visual C++ 5.0 and later, bool is implemented
as a built-in type with a size of 1 byte. That means that for Visual C++
4.2, a call of sizeof(bool) yields 4, while in Visual C++ 5.0 and later,
the same call yields 1. This can cause memory corruption problems if you
have defined structure members of type bool in Visual C++ 4.2 and are
mixing object files (OBJ) and/or DLLs built with the 4.2 and 5.0 or
later compilers.

END Microsoft Specific