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On Thursday, March 29, 2012, Hill, Jeffrey O wrote:
> > How does this parameter have to look like?
> > Can I use a C-Struct with any member I want to have (even members which
> > are not for the CA, but for another part of my program)? Are there any
> > members which are mandatory? (like value or chid)
> 
> A pointer to any data structure can be used. The CA library does not in
> any way access, or place any restrictions on the content of, this user
> application private data structure. The user application is of course
> responsible for allocation, initialization, maintenance, and
> de-allocation (proper cleanup) of this data structure.
> 
> Use of void pointers passed to callbacks is an old technique which is
> roughly equivalent to a virtual function in modern software interfaces,
> BTW.

To give it some perspective, it is a low-level implementation technique for 
what in high-level languages is automatically available when creating what 
is commonly referred to as a 'closure'.

Cheers
Ben

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What is void* puser in ca_create_channel Florian Feldbauer

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