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From: grimlok@hubcap.clemson.edu (Mike Percy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Turbo C++ 1.0 Huge pointer addition error?
Message-ID: <12601@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 91 16:12:08 GMT
References: <9101122049.AA28040@lilac.berkeley.edu> <14837@smoke.brl.mil>
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gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>In article <9101122049.AA28040@lilac.berkeley.edu> C512052@UMCVMB.BITNET ("David K. Drum") writes:
>- typedef struct { . . . } foo;
>- foo huge *hp1,hp2;

>That should be
>  foo huge *hp1,*hp2;
 
Actually it sould be
  foo huge *hp1, huge *hp2;

unless you really want a near (or far, depending on memory model)
pointer for hp2.
 
The pointer types are
*     (default type for memory model)
near *
far *
huge *
 
Near, far, and huge are called pointer modifiers, and only affect one
pointer. 


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