Pointer dereference

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From: Jason Grace
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:01

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Say, you declare:

R = Record
  X, Y: integer;
  S: string;
end;

P = ^R;


...


You then dereference the above S by P^.S, correct?

Sometimes I will see just P.S, without the ^.  When is this legal?

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