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Subject: Re: Something's Broken: was ... Re: tgetent
Summary: read before you post
Keywords: tgetent,core dump,sco,xenix,large model
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Date: 11 Jul 88 21:52:50 GMT
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In article <19789@watmath.waterloo.edu>, rwwetmore@grand.waterloo.edu (Ross Wetmore) writes:
> 
>   The assumption that pointers and ints are of equal length is the 
> problem, no? This is a fundamental assumption of the 'C' language, 
> if not an explicit requirement.

Please learn what you are talking about before posting. See K&R p. 210

    A pointer may be converted to any of the integral types large
    enough to hold it. Whether an int or long is required is machine
    dependent.

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