OK then, Frank is wrong. <G>

Given the rules applying to "store" pointers, they can be passed as "var" parameters only. There is precedent for this type of restriction, ie. file variables.

Joe.

-----Original Message----- From: Frank Heckenbach [SMTP:frank@g-n-u.de] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:29 PM To: gpc@gnu.de Subject: Re: gcc-3+

da Silva, Joe wrote:

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Frank is right. Just like you can't have "file" value parameters, you also can't have "store pointer" value parameters, only var parameters.

That's not what I said! I said that it's not uncommon to pass a directly allocated (i.e., "store") pointer by value, so I'm not convinced of the distinction between store and reference pointers. I wrote:

: Though I'm not sure why the distinction between store and reference : pointers is necessary. Why not make all pointers the same, and when : one pointer to an object is disposed of, all the other ones are : invalidated?

Frank

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