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From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: huge-far pointer and Turbo C++ V1
Keywords: huge-far
Message-ID: <8JoLX1w163w@cybrspc>
Date: 19 Feb 91 05:17:42 GMT
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stephenj@deblil.Eng.Sun.COM (Stephen Johnson) writes:

> This program allocates a very large array of memory
> and addresses using the "far" key word.  Unfortunately, the
> address calculations rap around at 64k.  Does anyone know why
> this happens?  Is this a bug in the Turbo C++ libraries?

As far as I'm aware, the problem is with the 'far ' keyword. Actually,
it's not a problem at all, as far calls are advertised to wrap at 64k
boundries.

I think you want the 'huge' keyword there.
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