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..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??

"AndrewJ" <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com> wrote in message
news:t0sfpsgrntmfofa91jq7ut5cc1p1943729 AT 4ax DOT com...
> >What does -> & and * look like in asm??
>
> Simply put, it doesn't.
>
> These are C (and C++) specifiers for manipulating an object by its memory
> address .  In assembler code, addresses are stored as immediate values or
in
> memory themselves.
>
> -------
> AndrewJ
>
> "This is a wonderful answer.  It's off-topic, it's incorrect, and it
doesn't
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