Re: Pointer dereference

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From: Skybuck Flying
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:46

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"Jason Grace" <jgrace5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Say, you declare:
>
> R = Record
>   X, Y: integer;
>   S: string;
> end;
>
> P = ^R;
>

Actually it something like

Type
    Pr
    Tr = record
        x,y : integer;
        s : string;
     end;

var
    p : Pr;

p := @r;

p^

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

Yep.

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

Since a certain delphi version.

P.S doesn't mean anything for a pointer so it might as well be
interpreted/compiled as P^.S ;)

Less typing required ;) It depends on which style once prefers I guess ;)

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