From:	eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Simple program. Strange results.
Date:	28 Aug 2003 07:14:27 GMT
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DJ Delorie (dj AT delorie DOT com) wrote:
: >   From what I can grasp, the asterisk symbol means the same thing.
: > Though I have yet to really grasp the proper place(s) and form(s)
: > for its usage.

: Nope, asterisk is the inverse of ampersand.  Ampersand takes the
: address of something, converting values into pointers that point to
: those values.  Asterisks dereference pointers, turning pointers into
: the values they point to.

Except when you declare/define variables and functions. Then * takes
the place where newbies would expect &.

Then comes C++ where & is allowed in declarations/definitions too
(with some semantics I've never bothered to look up; I don't do C++).


Right,

						MartinS

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