Re: Help to remove reinterpret_cast from c++ code

Hi, I have been reading a class that I found online that creates an
object to represent a joystick. Now i recall reading that any use of
'reinterpret cast' is dangerous as it is highly machine
dependent. The code I found unfortunately uses this and i was hoping
to improve it, before attempting to use the class in my
program. Note, I have not tested the class as yet - even on the
assumption it works on my machine, i need it to be as general as
possible as my program will run on other machines as well.

This is the offending member function definition:

//loop function attempts to read an event from the device, and, if
//an event is waiting to be processed,
//updates the state structure based on the event type.

void* cJoystick::loop(void *obj)
{
    while (reinterpret_cast<cJoystick *>(obj)->active)
reinterpret_cast<cJoystick *>(obj)->readEv();
}