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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Question of Ignorance
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 12:33:44 EDT
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> >Argh, WRONG!!  Turn that "(int)" into "(long)" and I might agree.  You
> >have no guarantees that an int is long enough to hold a pointer.
> 
> I'm not sure what ANSI C says about pointers fitting into longs, but I
> don't think there is any guarantee there either.  If there IS such a
> guarantee, It doesn't seem like a good idea, since I know of 
> machines upon which pointers don't even fit in longs.  Of course, 
> pointers would have a better *chance* of fitting into a long :-).

Please notice that I said "*might* agree".  :-)
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