Re: Bytes & Chars

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From: Mark Brader
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 21:24

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> ... memcpy() can work on partial objects or multiple objects as well
> as a single object.

There is no such thing as a partial object in C.  To paraphrase Isaac
Asimov said, if you break a piece of chalk in half, you don't get two
partial piece of chalk; you get two pieces.  An object is a region of
storage, so it works the same way.

Multiple contiguous objects may be viewed as a single object or not.
-- 
Mark Brader, msb@sq.com       "I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pedantic and
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto         that's just as good."      -- D Gary Grady

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: Bytes & Chars
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