Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:54:08 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Standard type for code pointers? Message-ID: <20050420155407.GA844@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <03f22a3c76ac440b97e2179761dfd6fa@xcllnt.net> References: <84dead720504200541539f4c15@mail.gmail.com> <03f22a3c76ac440b97e2179761dfd6fa@xcllnt.net>
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:34:18AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2005, at 5:41 AM, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > >I'm looking for a standard type that is defined to have at least > >as many bits as needed to hold a pointer to code. What would > >that be? > > intptr_t is probably what you want. Except that intptr_t need only be large enough to hold an object pointer. This is not necessarily enough to hold a function pointer. The only standard types that are guaranteed to be able to hold a function pointer are other function pointers. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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