From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac6f6c30c45f808a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsread.com!newsprint.newsread.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cyclone.southeast.rr.com!news-server.columbus.rr.com!cyclone2.kc.rr.com!news2.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada equivalent for C-pointer? References: From: Keith Thompson Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:k3aaHCa6Sk3AvPIBtC6gQ9iHsg8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:43:24 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.91.240.168 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1105839804 66.91.240.168 (Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:43:24 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:43:24 PST Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7834 Date: 2005-01-16T01:43:24+00:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org writes: >>However, in 32-bit segmented mode, a far pointer comprises a 32-bit offset >>plus a 16-bit segment selector. These are stored in memory in a format which >>is 64 bits in size (16 bits are wasted). > Which compilers waste memory like that? I don't know, but presumably it's worth wasting 16 bits per far pointer to be able to align on a 32-bit boundary. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.