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From:amorel
Date:12 Jan 2000 at 04:57:55
Subject:Re: Strings and things

On 11-Jan-00, David McMinn wrote:

C=Well, you can use sizeof.newtype to get the size of the newtype, and
C=that will include everything inside except for the strings and any
C=pointers (well, it will include tham, but not the data they point to,

C=...and so you have a similar problem to Tony. Trouble is, there is no
C=way of telling, for example, a long from a pointer. So you'd have to

Ain`t this an exmaple of why pointers suck? Imho it is.

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