Typecast from a const char* to an integer

[paprica]

I'm looking for something like

SendMessage(hStatic, WM_SETTEXT, 0, cast<LPARAM>("mytext"));

LPARAM is actually an integer btw, right?

[Joeman]

Why not
reinterpret_cast< LPARAM >( "abc" )
or
(LPARAM)"abc"

LPARAM is actually an integer btw, right?

typedef LONG_PTR LPARAM;
typedef long LONG_PTR, *PLONG_PTR;

of course long can be any byte size >= char

[paprica]

I've been taught that c-style casts are bad.
Are you sure that reinterpret_cast is the right choice? It just converts pointer to pointer or pointer to integer and vice versa...

[JohnW@Wessex]

Are you sure that reinterpret_cast is the right choice?

This is exactly the sort of thing that reinterpret cast is for. I use this technique all the time to pass object addresses to a window, in a message. I use reinterpret cast to convert the pointer back again to its real type at the receiving end.