rtems_task_argument type

[Joel Sherrill]

On November 25, 2014 8:54:24 AM CST, Gabriel Ibarra <gabriel.ibarra at tallertechnologies.com> wrote:
>Hi, I'm working with rtems task and I'm trying to pass a pointer object
>as argument of the task, using the RTEMS API.
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>I saw that rtems_task_argument is defined as uintptr_t, so I assume
>that the way to do it, is just a cast. Is it true?, or there is another
>way to do it.
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>Also, I wonder why uintptr_t was chosen instead of a void*.
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Yes on cast it to uintptr_t.

This type can hold a pointer or an integer. So it is equally useful and type safe for both.

--joel



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