Void pointer values comparing C++

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Published on 2013-11-07T02:10:16Z Indexed on 2013/11/07 3:54 UTC
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My actual question is it really possible to compare values contained in two void pointers, when you actually know that these values are the same type? For example int.

void compVoids(void *firstVal, void *secondVal){
     if (firstVal < secondVal){
          cout << "This will not make any sense as this will compare addresses, not values" << endl;
     }
} 

Actually I need to compare two void pointer values, while outside the function it is known that the type is int. I do not want to use comparison of int inside the function. So this will not work for me as well: if (*(int*)firstVal > *(int*)secondVal) Any suggestions? Thank you very much for help!

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