Re: A89: Re: Re: "Transfer" of values between C and ASM


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Re: A89: Re: Re: "Transfer" of values between C and ASM




> > list_header *List_Find(list_pointer *pointer, USHORT ID);
>
> what does the * do?
>
> >  You can now do this:
> >  list *mylist;
>
> is this how to define a list?  and again what does the * do?

It signals that the following variable is a pointer to an instance of the given
type, instead of a variable of that type.
This is how you desine a list *in Prosit", although you should probably write:
 list *mylist = 0;
to initiate it.

> >  list_header *alistitem;
> >  alistitem = List_Find(&mylist, 42);
>
> what is the & for?

It gives the argument as a pointer to <mylist> and not <mylist> itself.


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