Re: pointer syntax

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:26:04 +0100, "Bjørge" <bjorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
<snip>

>Of course. What puzzles me is this: With strings and dynamic arrays it's
>taken care of (the nil initialization, that is). Why not with other pointer
>types ?

I totally agree, it would take nothing to wipe the stack
.

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