Questions tagged [pointers]

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What does pointer reversal in mark and sweep garbage collection buy you?

pointers compiler-construction garbage-collection

asked 2012-04-23T16:22:52.623

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removing item from list of weak_ptrs

c++ pointers

asked 2012-04-12T09:10:41.483

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Arrow Operator vs. Dot Operator

c pointers structure

asked 2012-04-05T21:36:57.623

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Is NULL always zero in C?

c pointers null zero

asked 2012-03-27T16:47:59.793

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Pointer/Address difference

c pointers pointer-arithmetic

asked 2012-03-24T20:47:54.533

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Get size of pointer in C

c pointers sizeof

asked 2012-03-18T16:41:47.830

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C++ strings and pointers

c++ string pointers

asked 2012-03-04T12:21:18.307

8

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Python ctype help: working with C unsigned char pointers

python arrays pointers bitmap ctypes

asked 2012-03-02T17:11:31.540

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Can we assign a value to a given memory location?

c memory pointers

asked 2012-02-21T06:02:20.013

13

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What does "void ()(void *)" mean in C++?

c++ pointers pthreads function-pointers void-pointers

asked 2012-02-21T02:07:55.070

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Safe to return a vector populated with local variables?

c++ pointers vector scope

asked 2012-02-16T02:03:13.567

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How to check if a void* pointer can be safely cast to something else?

c pointers casting void void-pointers

asked 2012-02-01T16:26:04.700

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Correct format specifier to print pointer or address?

c pointers format memory-address

asked 2012-01-29T13:49:58.273

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What are pointers to pointers good for?

pointers go

asked 2012-01-07T08:23:01.783

8

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vector pointer locations guaranteed?

c++ pointers vector

asked 2012-01-05T04:49:32.663

9

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Explain the difference between near, far and huge pointers in c?

c pointers

asked 2012-01-04T12:47:13.320

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c++/cli caret^ Vs. Pointer*?

pointers c++-cli

asked 2012-01-02T13:16:41.960

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Is C/C++ pointer keeps absolute memory address, or relative to application, or relative to module?

c++ pointers memory-address

asked 2011-12-24T21:00:55.350

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Assign a string literal to a char*

c++ string pointers char literals

asked 2011-12-02T12:17:43.590

8

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C allocated pointers? What's this?

c pointers memory-management char

asked 2011-12-01T11:34:51.217

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What is the result of NULL + int?

c opengl pointers null pointer-arithmetic

asked 2011-11-27T04:49:12.187

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How can I check if char* variable points to empty string?

c pointers char

asked 2011-11-01T17:53:48.820

29

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Convert "this" pointer to string

c++ pointers stl

asked 2011-10-21T13:31:10.853

25

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C programming: casting a void pointer to an int?

c pointers void

asked 2011-10-19T21:28:49.590

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Pointer vs. reference return types

c++ pointers reference

asked 2011-10-18T21:06:12.103

9

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C++, Invalid conversion from ‘char’ to ‘const char*’

c++ string pointers

asked 2011-10-11T21:32:50.617

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What's the point of const pointers?

c++ c pointers language-design const-correctness

asked 2011-10-10T15:48:02.137

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Why is *&x not the same as x?

c++ pointers reference

asked 2011-10-08T20:29:29.740

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Pointing to a function that is a class member - GLFW setKeycallback

c++ class function pointers glfw

asked 2011-10-06T15:50:36.410

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dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

c pointers gcc

asked 2011-10-03T00:25:28.933

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C++: Should I initialize pointer members that are assigned to in the constructor body to NULL?

c++ pointers constructor initializer-list ctor-initializer

asked 2011-09-27T20:47:57.313

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How to track touches in a consistent way between touchesBegan: and touchesEnded:?

ios pointers reference multi-touch touchesbegan

asked 2011-09-09T10:11:41.087

24

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Dereferencing an invalid pointer, then taking the address of the result

c++ pointers

asked 2011-09-08T10:33:52.067

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Accessing direct memory addresses and obtaining the values in C++

c++ pointers memory memory-address

asked 2011-09-01T06:29:35.390

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In PHP, what happens in memory when we use mysql_query

php mysql pointers memory

asked 2011-08-31T07:34:24.113

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create_string_buffer throwing error TypeError: str/bytes expected instead of str instance

python string pointers ctypes

asked 2011-08-29T23:25:26.810

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how can i know the allocated memory size of pointer variable in c

c pointers size memory-management malloc

asked 2011-08-26T08:38:34.700

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How do you convert void pointer to char pointer in C

c pointers void-pointers

asked 2011-08-15T16:48:25.287

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C++ pointer assignment

c++ pointers

asked 2011-08-15T08:15:41.637

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When should I use pointers instead of references in API-design?

c++ pointers reference api-design

asked 2011-08-14T17:08:30.433

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Why do you need pointers in this situation?

c++ arrays pointers polymorphism

asked 2011-07-31T18:52:12.130

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Can a pointer to a string be used in a printf?

c arrays string pointers printf

asked 2011-07-23T09:20:34.927

13

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C free and struct

c pointers data-structures free

asked 2011-07-16T22:54:44.663

13

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Assigning a reference by dereferencing a NULL pointer

c++ pointers reference undefined-behavior null-pointer

asked 2011-07-16T07:40:53.553

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fopen() returning a NULL pointer, but the file definitely exists

c visual-studio-2008 pointers null fopen

asked 2011-07-13T22:10:55.067

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When should I use raw pointers over smart pointers?

c++ pointers boost smart-pointers

asked 2011-07-13T07:44:14.233

18

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Difference between pointer to pointer and pointer to array?

c arrays pointers declaration dereference

asked 2011-06-24T21:45:48.883

59

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Increment void pointer by one byte? by two?

c++ c pointers

asked 2011-06-23T06:02:26.797

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C++ Printing value of pointer gives strange result

c++ pointers

asked 2011-06-22T13:51:43.413

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Can pointers be safely and portably used as object IDs?

c++ pointers

asked 2011-06-20T09:20:46.200

Questions tagged pointers