gcc 9.2 warning (-Wcast-function-type) on MSYS2 · Issue #38 · gulrak/filesystem · GitHub
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gcc 9.2 warning (-Wcast-function-type) on MSYS2 #38

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Describe the bug
warning in gcc 9.2 on MSYS2 environment

C:/msys64/home/phlpt/HELICS/build_gcc/include/helics_cxx/helics/external/filesystem.hpp: In function 'void ghc::filesystem::detail::create_symlink(const ghc::filesystem::path&, const ghc::filesystem::path&, bool, std::error_code&)':
C:/msys64/home/phlpt/HELICS/build_gcc/include/helics_cxx/helics/external/filesystem.hpp:1605:159: warning: cast between incompatible function types from 'FARPROC' {aka 'long long int (*)()'} to 'ghc::filesystem::detail::CreateSymbolicLinkW_fp' {aka 'unsigned char (*)(const wchar_t*, const wchar_t*, long unsigned int)'} [-Wcast-function-type]
 1605 |     static CreateSymbolicLinkW_fp api_call = reinterpret_cast<CreateSymbolicLinkW_fp>(GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleW(L"kernel32.dll"), "CreateSymbolicLinkW"));
      |                                                                                                                                                               ^

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Expected behavior
It would be nice if the code were warning free

Additional context
MSYS2, gcc 9.2 compiler --std=c++14, most warnings turned on.
Tried with the latest release, but that didn't clear up the warning.

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