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From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: Addressing struct without ->
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Date: 16 Jan 91 20:10:35 GMT
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In article <1290@mti.mti.com> adrian@mti.UUCP (Adrian McCarthy) writes:
>What bothers me about x.y and x->y is that I shouldn't *in many cases* have
>to worry about whether x is an instance of a struct or a pointer to one.

I see no significant difference between this and the related worry about
whether `i' is an int or a pointer to one.  If it really bothers you, use
C++ and references; or if that's too much trouble, emulate the effect with
	#define x (*px)
(I often use this when dealing with what is logically call-by-reference.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint