Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/06/00:15:28
In article <359B9653 DOT 7A5770D7 AT compmore DOT net>,
St Denis Family <stdenis AT compmore DOT net> wrote:
>
> Ok can someone give me the low-down on near pointers? How to set them
> up and use them?
>
> btw, please copy your reply to 'stdenis AT compmore DOT net' as I will not ahve
> newsgroup access for a bit....
>
> tom
>
>
DJGPP is 32-bit and uses 32-bit near pointers of 4 bytes length to address 4G
memory. All pointers are thus near pointers in DJGPP. There are, however,
functions that allow addressing 16-bit far pointers. Read the documention
that comes with DJGPP for their usuage; /DJGPP/INCLUDE/LIBC/Farptrgs.h and
DJGPP/FAQ/Djgppfaq.txt
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