Re: casting pointers/arrays to multidimensional arrays
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<f3dab86c-491a-441c-a0ed-7acb69aec579@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
Francesco <xtrigger303@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi to all,
would any of you gentlemen please comment on the reinterpret_casts in
the code below?
Do you think they're ok or not? Any reference to the standard would be
greatly appreciated.
Thank in advance,
FB
//CODE
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
typedef float ( * tMtx )[ 4 ];
void Fill( tMtx inMtx )
{
for( int c = 0; c < 16; ++c )
inMtx[ c / 4 ][ c % 4 ] = c;
}
void Print( tMtx inMtx )
{
std::cout << "n->" << inMtx << std::endl;
for( int c1 = 0; c1 < 4; ++c1 )
{
for( int c2 = 0; c2 < 4; ++c2 )
std::cout << std::setw( 5 ) << inMtx[ c1 ][ c2 ];
std::cout << std::endl;
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
int main()
{
float mtx1[ 16 ] = { 0 };
float mtx2[ 4 ][ 4 ];
float * mtx3 = new float[ 16 ];
float * mtx4 = reinterpret_cast< float * >( new float[ 4 ][ 4 ] );
// are these casts OK?
Fill( reinterpret_cast< tMtx >( mtx1 ) );
Fill( mtx2 );
Fill( reinterpret_cast< tMtx >( mtx3 ) );
Fill( reinterpret_cast< tMtx >( mtx4 ) );
Print( reinterpret_cast< tMtx >( mtx1 ) );
Print( mtx2 );
Print( reinterpret_cast< tMtx >( mtx3 ) );
Print( reinterpret_cast< tMtx >( mtx4 ) );
delete[] mtx3;
delete[] mtx4;
std::cin.get();
}
//ENDCODE
It's doable, but I would do it differently:
// begin code
typedef float m16[16];
typedef float m44[4][4];
void Fill(m44& v) {
for(int c = 0; c < 16; ++c)
v[c / 4][c % 4] = c;
}
void Fill(m16& v) {
Fill(reinterpret_cast<m44&>(v));
}
void Print(const m44& v) {
cout << "n->" << v << endl;
for (int c1 = 0; c1 < 4; ++c1) {
for (int c2 = 0; c2 < 4; ++c2)
cout << setw(5) << v[c1][c2];
cout << endl;
}
cout << endl;
}
void Print(const m16& v) {
Print(reinterpret_cast<const m44&>(v));
}
int main()
{
float mtx1[16] = { 0 };
float mtx2[4][4];
Fill(mtx1);
Fill(mtx2);
Print(mtx1);
Print(mtx2);
cin.get();
}
// end code
Even if you are stuck with the Fill and Print you have, I would still
wrap the casts in functions that take the appropriate types. That way
you don't have (1) reinterpret_cast all over your code and (2) it is
less likely that someone will reinterpret_cast the wrong sort of
variable.
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