Re: normalization of pointers...

In article <f3k080$tdm$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Dollin <chris.dollin@xxxxxx> writes
Shraddha wrote:

On May 30, 6:29 pm, Chris Dollin <chris.dol...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Shraddha wrote:
> What is mean by normalization of pointers...Where we use that?

We don't. There's no such concept in Standard C.

Tell us more about your problem.

(and remember to snip signatures in the future)

I read about it in the explanation of the far pointers...
there they say that -"The only difference between huge pointers and
far pointers is that...huge pointers are normalized..."

So I am asking what is far pointers?

They are not a feature of Standard C; they are a non-standard
(and, as I understand it, largely obsolete) feature of certain
implementations.

I'd advise learning C from a source that isn't so implementation-
specific. (My preference is for K&R 2; others differ.)

Many compilers have FAR pointers. Not just WinTel stuff. Not just in old compilers either.


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