From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2007-05-24, winston19842005@yahoo.com  wrote:   
   >> > when it came to pointers. I would've thought it would be trival...   
   >>   
   >> Not define it as pointer of integer/word but as pointer to array of   
   >> integer/word.   
   >   
   > That is what I was thinking. What I couldn't grok was how to determine   
   > the size of the array at compile time given that the allocation size   
   > could change.   
      
   As large as possible. Since you don't really allocate it anyway.   
      
   > Is this compiler dependent or is there a portable way?   
      
   This is fairly common for compiled versions, even of the non-Borland kind. I   
   don't know if this works with bytecode compilers.   
      
   > The books I have are more introductory and give up just shy of this   
   > material, ending about the point of linked-lists...   
      
   If you want to see "real" code, have a look at the freepascal codebase (even   
   though it is 32/64-bit protected mode)   
      
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