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Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:26:01 -0800
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Structs in pointers and something of BINUTILS
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Toni Rasanen wrote:
> 
> Oh, C fundamentals...
> 
> I have a struct defined. It worked fine while I kept in in data;
> struct structtype structs[100];
> However, when I modified them to be pointers, compiler no longer
> finds members of structure;
> struct structtype *structs[100];
> ...
> *structs[i].member = ...
> 
> What's the proper way to access that struct? I have tried everything
> I can think of, but without any success...

The `.' operator binds more tightly than `*'.  Thus, you would say

(*structs[i]).member

or better,

structs[i]->member

This would have been more properly posted to comp.lang.c.  Also consider
getting a book on C.
 
> Also, I tried to recompile binutils' OBJCOPY, but without success.
> It seems that I need something else too to compile (or even configure)
> it, in addition of normal djgpp binaries. WHAT do I need?

What problems did you encounter?
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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