<p>When compiling a custom module, including <code>shm_mem.h</code> caused the<br>
following compilation error:</p>
<p>In file included from ../../core/mem/shm_mem.h:32,<br>
from custom_code.cpp:40:<br>
../../core/parser/../ut.h: In function ‘char* shm_char_dup(const char*)’:<br>
../../core/mem/shm.h:67:49: error: invalid conversion from ‘void*’ to ‘char*’ [-fpermissive]<br>
67 | # define shm_malloc(s)         _shm_root.xmalloc(_shm_root.mem_block, (s))<br>
|                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
|                                                 |<br>
|                                                 void*<br>
../../core/parser/../ut.h:811:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘shm_malloc’<br>
811 |  rval = shm_malloc(len);<br>
|         ^~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p>gcc version: <code>gcc (Debian 9.2.1-22) 9.2.1 20200104</code></p>


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  <li>Explicitly cast void* to char*</li>
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