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Re: Pointers and whatnot

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From: Ronald Cole
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1987 21:38
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In article <8708220025.AA10833@cayuga.cs.rochester.edu>, BOTCHAIR@UOGUELPH.BITNET (Alex Bewley) writes:
>    Or suppose I just want 137 bytes of storage of no particular type, can one
> have just a POINTER with no TO?  According to my compiler, no (Logitech
> Modula-2/86).

Alex,
	Isn't that the reason for the WORD type (i.e. POINTER TO WORD)?
Then just use an appropriate cast.

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From: ronald@csuchico.EDU (Ronald Cole)
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Subject: Re: Pointers and whatnot
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Date: Sun, 23-Aug-87 17:38:25 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 23 17:38:25 1987
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Summary: POINTER TO WORD