Re: Pointers

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From: Mike Meyer
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 08:37

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In <1dujcuINNru4@early-bird.think.com>, barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) wrote:
> C function pointers aren't like any other pointers in the language.  You
> can't do pointer arithmetic on them.

Actually, you *can* do arithmetic on them. It's just not very
portable. I've actually seen this done in production C code.

	<mike

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Subject: Re: Pointers
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