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- From: paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What is (APTR) ?
- References: <copes.716466012@marsh>
- Message-ID: <paulk.1hza@terapin.com>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 12:31:03 PST
- Organization: BBS
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- > > Could comebody please explain to me what it is:
- > >
- > > (APTR)
-
- > I think it stands for A Pointer. It is defined as ULONG * in the
- > includes. Definitely easier to type.
-
- It is now defined as void *. I think the original definition in the
- 1.x includes, back when they didn't dare use void in anything, was
- STRPTR * -- pointer to pointer to char. The new definition is much
- more sensible, since its purpose is to be a generic pointer.
-