Re: absolute pointer

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From: Kathy Harris
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1986 16:27

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>rap.c, line 310: warning: absolute pointer used

>Lines 310 & 369 are the exact same and look like this:

>		if ( shmaddr EQ (char *) -1 ) {


The HP9000 Series 500 C compiler issues this warning whenever an
integer constant other than 0 is used as a pointer.  Its intent
is to flag statements that are machine dependent in code ported
from other systems.

Kathy Harris
Hewlett Packard, Systems Software Operation
{hplabs, ihnp4}!hpfcla!kah

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Subject: Re: absolute pointer
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