Why typed pointers like int*,char* are there when a void pointer is sufficient to store address of any variable or any memory location ?

Although a void pointer is sufficient to store the address of any variable, we need typed pointer like pointer of integer or pointer of float etc. in our program because de-referencing of a void pointer is not possible. Also, since Void is not a type, several features of C language will not work with it like:

  • Sizeof() operator will give compilation error
  • Operators like ++, -- are not allowed
  • + or – operators are not available

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