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Re: Pointer Problem

From Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Pointer Problem
Date 2012-02-27 08:51 -0800
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On Monday, February 27, 2012 10:17:36 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
> > References *are* pointers...
> 
> But you have said yourself that a pointer does not carry typeinfo. You
> are contradicting yourself by saying that a reference is a pointer,
> when it suits you.

What???  A reference is a (immutable) pointer with a dose of syntactic sugar.  Nothing more, nothing less.  This does not contradict anything I've said by evidence of the rewritten example I followed up with:
> >
> > If you insist:
> > int a[10];
> > int (*b)[9] = &a[1];
> >
> > The argument still holds...

I changed two characters, now it's a pointer instead of a reference, with exactly the same results.  You seem to blithely ignore anything that you can't refute.

> If we have an object in memory that is an array, of any size: A
> pointer to it is a pointer to an array regardless of its's type, or to
> where it points within the array. They are incorrect to suggest that
> what is pointed to is defined by the pointers type, just look at a
> void pointer for an example of how wrong this is.

Well, here is where I get off the bus.  

If you have a point at all, you have been unable to sufficiently explain it to anybody and you certainly have not explained why it might be an important point for others to grasp.

I would say we'll just agree to disagree but I'm not convinced there's actually a disagreement here, despite your protests.

Good luck.

Mike

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Pointer Problem bintom <binoythomas1108@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 06:51 -0800
  Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-16 15:15 +0000
    Re: Pointer Problem 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-16 07:17 -0800
      Re: Pointer Problem Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-02-16 11:15 -0500
        Re: Pointer Problem scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-02-16 17:18 +0000
          Re: Pointer Problem Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-02-16 13:46 -0500
            Re: Pointer Problem Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 12:41 -0800
            Re: Pointer Problem scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-02-16 20:45 +0000
            Re: Pointer Problem Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:44 -0800
    Re: Pointer Problem jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-02-17 03:14 +0000
      Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-17 07:23 +0000
        Re: Pointer Problem jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-02-18 22:39 +0000
          Re: Pointer Problem Peter Remmers <p.remmers@expires-2011-04-30.arcornews.de> - 2012-02-20 21:07 +0100
            Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-21 18:49 -0800
          Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-21 18:49 -0800
            Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-22 10:15 +0000
              Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-22 07:49 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-22 20:24 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-23 10:36 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-23 18:59 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-23 19:15 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-23 21:08 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-23 21:17 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-23 21:29 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 17:06 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 03:42 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 12:33 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 15:09 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-02-23 20:53 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 04:11 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 12:36 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 06:07 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 14:11 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 15:49 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 08:50 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 18:47 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 13:44 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-26 12:41 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 21:30 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 06:07 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-02-27 07:25 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 08:17 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-02-27 08:51 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-28 07:18 +1300
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 11:32 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 11:32 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 19:17 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 11:49 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 20:04 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 12:55 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:15 +0000
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 14:26 -0800
                Re: Pointer Problem Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 11:21 -0800
  Re: Pointer Problem SG <s.gesemann@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 07:00 -0800
  Re: Pointer Problem LR <lruss@superlink.net> - 2012-02-16 16:49 -0500
    Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-16 22:18 +0000
      Re: Pointer Problem LR <lruss@superlink.net> - 2012-02-16 23:40 -0500
        Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-17 07:24 +0000
          Re: Pointer Problem LR <lruss@superlink.net> - 2012-02-17 09:48 -0500
            Re: Pointer Problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-17 15:13 +0000

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