From: Thomas Steudten <alpha@steudten.com>
To: km <km@mrna.tn.nic.in>
Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pointer notation
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:17:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F9E4238.3020807@steudten.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031028094205.GA4228@mrna.tn.nic.in>
Hi
(p)->next and p->next are the same. I think you saw a sourcecode, where
maybe p is replaced by a macro like #define p ptr->a.
However the priority in c is "()" first, then "->".
> Hi all,
> how different is the notation
> (p)->next (what do the parenthesis around the pointer signify ? )
> different from
> p ( while p is a pointer)
--
Tom
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-28 10:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-28 9:42 pointer notation km
2003-10-28 10:17 ` Thomas Steudten [this message]
2003-10-28 12:00 ` Luciano Moreira - igLnx
2003-10-28 17:46 ` km
2003-10-28 18:40 ` Mike Pastore
2003-10-28 18:46 ` Jeff Woods
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