From: twidler444 AT aol DOT com (Twidler444)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: ? strange problem
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Date: 21 Dec 1998 06:18:35 GMT
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hello
   I couldn't find the earlier posting, But I think I know what you are talking
about, and how to fix it.

does your code look something like this?

typedef struct TEST
{
int x,y;
}TEST;

TEST it;

int main()
{
TEST temp;

temp=it;
temp.x=10;
temp.y=50;

// then here is were you find out that it.x isnt 10
}

I found that in DJGPP(and other free compilers) that you can only read from
temp.x and not write.  to write to it you have to do this:

it.x=10;
it.y=50;

I havent found a way to sent the pointer to a procedure (as argument) and then
write to it there....yet.

hope this helped a bit..

Twidler