Re: Integers on 64-bit machines

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?


DoDi

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