Casting a pointer to array to void*

[Sortie]

typedef float Vector[3];

Vector arr[2][2];
Vector *pv = &arr[0][0];

char c = 'a';

memcpy(pv[0][0], &c,1); /* incompatible type for argument 1 of
`memcpy' */





pv[0][0] refers a Vector, so why does it appear as if it refers
to a float?

 

[Barry Schwarz]

typedef float Vector[3];

Vector arr[2][2];
Vector *pv = &arr[0][0];

char c = 'a';

memcpy(pv[0][0], &c,1); /* incompatible type for argument 1 of
`memcpy' */

pv[0][0] refers a Vector, so why does it appear as if it refers
to a float?

If you had coded arr[0][0], your assertion about the first argument
would have been true.