change deref into cast

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 2d9d97c..a382e69 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int counter = 0;
 
 void *sleepMe(int64_t *p)
 	{
-	int64_t n = (int64_t)p;//cast the 64 bit pointer to a 64 bit int
+	int64_t n = *p;
 	usleep(n*500);//*200 will do, but *500 is needed to reliably attain a correct order for numbers only 1 apart
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&lock);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int main()
 	int c = NUM_THREADS;//number of threads to create
 
 	int thread = 0;
-        while (c--){pthread_create(&threads[thread++], NULL, (void *)sleepMe, (int64_t *)sortMe[c]);}//create a thread for each number in the array
+	while (c--){pthread_create(&threads[thread++], NULL, (void *)sleepMe, &sortMe[c]);}//create a thread for each number in the array
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < thread; ++i){pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);}//join all the threads, when all are joined, writing to the result array is done