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From: eychaner@suncub.bbso.caltech.edu (Amateurgrammer)
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Subject: A quick question...
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Date: 12 Mar 91 03:07:59 GMT
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Just a quick question...I personally still don't quite understand what is
and is not legal on the left side of an assignment.
Is this legal...
	unsigned char *pointer1;
	short short_value;
	...
	*((short *) pointer1) = short_value;
	...
And does it do what I think it does, that is, assign short_value to the
storage pointed to by pointer1?  I hope you understand what I mean...
								-Glenn
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Glenn Eychaner - Big Bear Solar Observatory - eychaner@suncub.bbso.caltech.edu
"...this morning's unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm."
                                                               -_Flash Gordon_