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From: kah@hpfclq.HP.COM (Kathy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: absolute pointer
Message-ID: <880002@hpfclq.HP.COM>
Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 11:27:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  3 11:27:26 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 5-Nov-86 21:57:04 EST
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard
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>rap.c, line 310: warning: absolute pointer used

>Lines 310 & 369 are the exact same and look like this:

>		if ( shmaddr EQ (char *) -1 ) {


The HP9000 Series 500 C compiler issues this warning whenever an
integer constant other than 0 is used as a pointer.  Its intent
is to flag statements that are machine dependent in code ported
from other systems.

Kathy Harris
Hewlett Packard, Systems Software Operation
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