From:	Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: ....I know...
Date:	16 Aug 2000 16:03:48 -0700
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"Vermin" <ratspl AT hotmail DOT com> writes:

> ..I'm quite aware of how asm works... I actually coded in asm before I
> started in DJGPP/C++.
> What I wanted to know was for instance that "&" gives the mem pos of the
> variable, sort of like
> 
> mov ax, anIntVar
> 
> instead of
> 
> mov ax, [anIntVar]
> 
> ...but how does -> and * work??

For *, you load the pointer into some register, and then move
indirectly.

mov eax, pointer
mov result, [eax]

-> does the same thing, but adds the offset of the desired field.  So
if the field is 8 bytes from the beginning of the struct, you might
have

mov eax, pointer
mov result, [eax+8]

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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu

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