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From: fjo@mtcchi.uucp (2667-Frank Owen(ZG90210)0000)
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Subject: Re: THINK C Suggestions
Message-ID: <1990Oct9.171921.29529@mtcchi.uucp>
Date: 9 Oct 90 17:19:21 GMT
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palmer@nntp-server.caltech.edu (David Palmer) writes:

>Here's a suggestion for the next 'Think C'.  Allow the operator '->>' to
>dereference handles, just as '->' dereferences pointers.

  You should be able to use standard C syntax just as easily for this.
If 'p' is a pointer to a structure that has a member 'x', then
'p->x' references the member. If 'h' is a handle to the structure, 
then '(*h)->x' references the member. 

What's so hard about this? I'd rather stick with standard syntax whenever
possible.


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