kenkahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > >> char *buffer[1024]; > >> *((uint32_t)buffer) = 0x1234; > > > >I don't believe that has ever been valid. > > *SIGH* I meant to write > > char buffer[1024]; > *((uint32_t)buffer) = 0x1234; > > Is that better (and allowed)? That doesn't make sense. A uint32_t is not a pointer (at least, not normally; you didn't actually show the typedef). You can't indirect through a non-pointer. This is legal C: *((uint32_t *)buffer) = 0x1234; and it is allowed. Ian