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Subject: Re: c++
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:17:31 +0100, Anthony Atkielski
<atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >  A=*data
> 
> The contents of the memory location pointed to by data is copied to A.
> 
> >  A=data
> 
> The value of data is copied to A.
> 
> >  A=&data
> 
> The address in memory of data is copied to A.
> 
> --
> Anthony
> 

So if data is declared as a gchar *data; for example, then the value
of data is a memory adress right ? So if A=data; and B=&data; then A
and B are exactly the same result right ?

Now why would anybody want a gchar when a integer is needed ? That is
just making it more complicated then it already is?