Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question

From	Edward Rutherford <edward.p.rutherford79@REMOVETHIS.gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question
Date	2012-08-29 20:05 +0000
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Keith Thompson wrote:
> `near` and `far`, which are of course non-standard, can result in
> different pointer types having different sizes.  Passing a `near` or
> `far` pointer to printf with a "%p" format is likely to give bad results
> in practice.

Using near or far pointers in any way at all will invoke an undefined 
behavior, so I think it's safe to say bad results are likely with or 
without attempts to printf() such pointers!

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2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question gdotone@gmail.com - 2012-08-24 08:28 -0700
  Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Adrian Ratnapala <adrian.ratnapala@gmail.com> - 2012-08-24 08:41 -0700
  Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-24 12:01 -0400
    Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-24 11:10 -0700
  Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question gdotone@gmail.com - 2012-08-27 13:35 -0700
    Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-27 16:46 -0400
      Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Adrian Ratnapala <raka@scooter.fritz.box> - 2012-08-28 19:06 +0000
        Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-28 15:22 -0400
        Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-28 15:34 -0400
          Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-28 14:11 -0700
            Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-28 17:26 -0400
            Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-08-29 09:25 +0200
          Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Adrian Ratnapala <raka@scooter.fritz.box> - 2012-08-29 07:20 +0000
            Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-29 07:17 -0400
              Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Adrian Ratnapala <raka@scooter.fritz.box> - 2012-08-29 11:41 +0000
            Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-29 08:21 -0400
              Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-29 11:37 -0700
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Edward Rutherford <edward.p.rutherford79@REMOVETHIS.gmail.com> - 2012-08-29 20:05 +0000
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-29 17:27 -0400
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-29 18:05 -0700
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-08-29 20:14 -0500
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-08-30 04:47 -0700
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2012-09-01 23:47 -0400
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-02 04:43 -0700
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2012-09-02 23:12 -0400
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question ais523 <ais523@nethack4.org> - 2012-08-30 11:35 +0000
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-30 11:17 -0500
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-30 13:52 -0700
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-08-30 23:13 +0200
                Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-31 16:37 -0500
    Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-08-27 19:45 -0700
      Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-27 20:40 -0700
        Re: 2D arrays, pointers, and pointer arithmetic: question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-07 06:28 -0700

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