QUICK QUESTION, ACT NOW

If I typecast a pointer to a different kind of pointer, and incrementz the pointer, will the pointer be incremented by the amount accordiing to the typecast or the real pointer?

Example:

[b]long[/b]* ptr;

([b]char[/b]*) ++ptr;

Which is the result?
A) ptr is increased by sizeof(long)  (ie. 4)
B) ptr is increased by sizeof(char)  (ie. 1)

thx in advance, kindly /prog/ warriors

Since the cast to char* is applied to the result of ++ptr, then the increment is performed before the cast, and ptr is increased by sizeof(long).

If you did:
char* q = (char*)ptr;
q++;

q would increase by sizeof(char).