From:	"Cephaler" <cephaler AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: pointers and errors make cephaler go crazy
Date:	12 Aug 1998 19:04:56 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in article
<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 980812165935 DOT 366C-100000 AT is>...
> 
> Since your message didn't reveal your data structures, I could only guess
> what might be wrong, and it is up to you to check which of the guesses 
> are right.
I could've sworn I put the typedef in there... Well, it was:

typedef struct { unsigned char tile;unsigned char tag /*bitmask*/}

> In contrast, an address of a variable is usually a large number (put 
> simplistically, it is the number of the byte where that variable is 
> stored), and could be anything.  In particular, it can be much more than 
> N-1, which is the largest allowed index into an array.
> 

So... If I read you correctly, there is absolutely no use for integers as
pointers, except to pass an address? How do you retrieve the value of that
int?! 

- Cephaler -

...coffee has worn away, getting restless, excuse me if I sound rude, some
other thing is pissing me off (collision checking! aahhh)

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