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[GEN] multiple pointers

• Posted by cense <cense at MAIL.RU> Oct 14, 2000
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Hey all,

i asked a similar question earlier but no one seemed to respond so here is my
second attempt at help.

how can euphoria handle multiple indirection? how can i get the value at
the end of the pointer chain? in my case the the variable is a 

// in C
char **list;

i dont know all that much about multiple indirection in C/C++ but i have read
up on the subject just now and still really dont fully understand it. i know
that this variable is kind of like an array of pointers to char. but how do
get to those "values" not the addresses?

in euphoria i have 

-- in Eu
atom list

and this is equivalent to the above statement in C. i tried to do this to get
the value but it Seg Faulted.

atom list, ptr, value

ptr = peek( list ) -- Seg Fault happens here
value = peek( { ptr, sizeof( ptr ) } ) -- sizeof from mixedlib.e by Bernie

Is there another way to do this that is safe and does not seg fault? can
euphoria handle something of this case? it must, i just probably dont know
jack.

thanks to anyone who can help in *any* way.

-- 
evil, corruption and bad taste
  ^cense