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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: absolute pointer
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Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 19:51:25 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 30 19:51:25 1986
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> rap.c, line 310: warning: absolute pointer used
> 
> 		if ( shmaddr EQ (char *) -1 ) {

The compiler is trying to warn you, in a somewhat cryptic way, that casting
any integer except the constant 0 into a pointer is a machine-dependent,
unportable, and dangerous operation.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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