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   Message 990 of 2,753   
   Hans-Peter Diettrich to Anton Ertl   
   Re: Integers on 64-bit machines   
   09 Jul 07 07:05:38   
   
   From: DrDiettrich1@aol.com   
      
   Anton Ertl wrote:   
      
   > What I meant with the connection between integers and pointers is that   
   > one can do pointer arithmetic and cast between pointers and integers.   
      
   Again my question: can you give an example, where such conversions are a   
   requirement?   
      
   Or do you mean that pointer arithmetic should be *emulated* by integer   
   arithmethic, not be *implemented* as true portable arithmetic on pointers?   
      
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