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May 04, 2021 Pointer indirections | ||||
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 | Hi Is there any limitation as to the number of pointer indirections? I have a construct: This fails with 'Access Violation', temp = a.b.c; everything seems to work. Best regards | |||
May 04, 2021 Re: Pointer indirections | ||||
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 Posted in reply to DLearner | On Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 21:16:10 UTC, DLearner wrote: >Hi Is there any limitation as to the number of pointer indirections? I have a construct: This fails with 'Access Violation', temp = a.b.c; everything seems to work. Best regards Code or it didn't happen 🌞 | |||
May 04, 2021 Re: Pointer indirections | ||||
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 Posted in reply to Imperatorn | On 5/4/21 3:06 PM, Imperatorn wrote: >> Is there any limitation as to the number of pointer indirections? No. >> I have a construct: >> a.b.c.d = x; >> where all the variables are pointers to struct (the same struct). >> >> This fails with 'Access Violation', >> but if I change the code to: >> >> temp = a.b.c; >> temp.d = x; >> >> everything seems to work. Sounds like "undefined behavior" somewhere in the program, effects of which can be confusing. Ali | |||
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