On 12/22/06, ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:25:14 +0000 "Paul Herring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/22/06, Sunil Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > To be more specific > > > > A pointer is a variable that holds the address of another > > variable................ > > > > Not always: > > int* a, *b; > a = malloc(sizeof *a); > b = 0; > > Neither a nor b hold the address of another variable. depends what is at those locations. it might be unintentional but there could be something useful at both those locations, bit of a lucky dip.
Could you come up with a scenario whereby either the return from malloc() or NULL would yield something 'useful'? --
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