Re: WHAT vs HOW vs WHERE
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:24:32 -0400
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"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote in message
news:c9amjp$9fc$1_at_news.netins.net...
> I probably use an unacceptable def of "pointer" since I used it for any
> value that is in the domain of a function -- it points to something in the
> range of the function. In Java they use the term "reference" because they
> think "pointer" has a connotation of a variable that can be modified. So,
a
> couple of questions --
> If you have a definition, even just from your head, of what you mean by
> "pointer" that would help.
You've been using the word "pointer" in this forum for a few months. All
this time, I *thought* you and I and most others meant the same thing by
it.
Maybe not.
Off the top of my head, a pointer is an address, represented as a data
value.