From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: allocated memory size
Date: 19 May 2000 11:05:48 GMT
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J-P <jstacey AT plato DOT wadham DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
> In article <200005190942 DOT LAA19117 AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>,
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker  <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>Especially since you describe yourself as a C novice, you should
>>*never* do such things. Stick to the core of the language while you're
>>still learning. 

> Pointers *are* the core of the language. 

I did not advise against the use of pointers. It was the original
poster's quest for some magical method of find the size of a memory
block by looking at a pointer to it I was telling him to stop thinking
about.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.