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From: zougas@me.utoronto.ca ("Athanasios(Tom) Zougas")
Subject: Re: Addressing struct without ->
Message-ID: <91Feb1.172318est.21150@me.utoronto.ca>
Organisation: U of Toronto, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Organization: Mechanical Engineering, U of Toronto
References: <91010.084408NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET> <wolfram.665407476@cip-s02>
Date: 1 Feb 91 22:23:38 GMT

wolfram@cip-s02.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Wolfram Roesler) writes:

>NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:


>>		...Pascal, I had the capability to use
>>the 'using' keyword, giving the address of a structure and then address
>>the elements of that structure without the necessity of using the
>>ptr->element notation (could simply use element).
>#define X ptr->fooptr->foo.bar.bar.baz.foobar->foobaz.x
>and now write 
>	X->something
>instead of (well you know what).

Personally, I hate these types of "magic" defines. Why not just use:

	X = ptr->fooptr->foo.bar.bar.baz.foobar->foobaz.x
and the access the elements within using:

	X.element
where X is of the proper type. This also saves on all those indirections.

Tom.

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