Re: Safe pointer arithmetic and typecasts :D

From: Skybuck Flying (nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:30:41 +0200

"Bruce Roberts" <ber@bounceitattcanada.xnet> wrote in message
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> "Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I always wondered how to do safe pointer aritmetic in delphi without
> > overflow errors or warnings...
>
> There is no really safe method of doing pointer arithmatic in any
language.
> But there really isn't a need to use pointers in Delphi unless one is
> constructing trees and graphs. In which case pointer arithmatic is not
> needed. If you want to index through a linear structure use the tools
> available in Delphi. Namely arrays. In the case of text, use the long
string
> type. It can be indexed as a vector (array) so there is no need for pChar.
> The advantage of using array references is that when bounds checking is
> turned on the program is going to catch any invalid indexes.

Lol, you too funny :)

Trust me, for my requirements it's absolutely 100% needed :D

Using arrays and indices instead would make it even more difficult. ;) :D

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