and pass that to a function that is silently expecting a length and other stuff in front of it. Calling these things "pointers" is a bit of a promotion from what they really are. Naming them "char*" or whatever is pretty dangerous if you ever do pointer movement.
Seriously, if you want descriptors and typed blobs, just make up a struct for what you want and pass it around. Say what you mean. Lying like this is going to hurt you.
Seriously, if you want descriptors and typed blobs, just make up a struct for what you want and pass it around. Say what you mean. Lying like this is going to hurt you.