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Article #3886Re: Pointers
From: Fergus James HENDERSON
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:45
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:45
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sakkinen@jyu.fi (Markku Sakkinen) writes: >In article <1dujcuINNru4@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: >> ... >>C's function pointers are almost exactly like the procedure variables that >>many other languages have. [...] >>You can't cast between them and non-function pointers. > >In K&R C you could (char*), and in C++ you can (void*). This is neither standard-conforming nor portable. For example, data pointers may be 16 bits while function pointers are 32 bits (as is the case with certain memory models for DOS C compilers). -- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU This .signature virus is a self-referential statement that is true - but you will only be able to consistently believe it if you copy it to your own .signature file!
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU!fjh From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON) Subject: Re: Pointers Message-ID: <9232614.9350@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia References: <BxJzzv.4H7@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <721539019@sheol.UUCP> <1dujcuINNru4@early-bird.think.com> <1992Nov13.072834.4673@jyu.fi> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:45:48 GMT Lines: 20