Comment by skybrian

In a higher-level language, you wouldn't need to write code like this:

  const sp_fs_entry_t* a = (const sp_fs_entry_t*)pa;
  const sp_fs_entry_t* b = (const sp_fs_entry_t*)pb;
  return sp_str_compare_alphabetical(a->name, b->name);

Instead it would just be:

  return sp_str_compare_alphabetical(pa->name, pb->name)

With the correct types declared for the parameter types instead of void pointers.

Or if you do need a cast, not having to write "sp_fs_entry_t*" twice in the same line because the local variable's type is inferred.

Maybe after reading C for a while, you don't see all the noise anymore?