string-list.c: avoid conversion from void * to function pointer

ISO C forbids the conversion of void pointers to function pointers.
Introduce a context struct that encapsulates the function pointer.

Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index a0cf0cfe88ee38f35ec33662778ec1bd7036a127..771c4550980e24eb8bf9db14e27c49f983c1ed4b 100644 (file)
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -224,18 +224,28 @@ struct string_list_item *string_list_append(struct string_list *list,
                        list->strdup_strings ? xstrdup(string) : (char *)string);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Encapsulate the compare function pointer because ISO C99 forbids
+ * casting from void * to a function pointer and vice versa.
+ */
+struct string_list_sort_ctx
+{
+       compare_strings_fn cmp;
+};
+
 static int cmp_items(const void *a, const void *b, void *ctx)
 {
-       compare_strings_fn cmp = ctx;
+       struct string_list_sort_ctx *sort_ctx = ctx;
        const struct string_list_item *one = a;
        const struct string_list_item *two = b;
-       return cmp(one->string, two->string);
+       return sort_ctx->cmp(one->string, two->string);
 }
 
 void string_list_sort(struct string_list *list)
 {
-       QSORT_S(list->items, list->nr, cmp_items,
-               list->cmp ? list->cmp : strcmp);
+       struct string_list_sort_ctx sort_ctx = {list->cmp ? list->cmp : strcmp};
+
+       QSORT_S(list->items, list->nr, cmp_items, &sort_ctx);
 }
 
 struct string_list_item *unsorted_string_list_lookup(struct string_list *list,