short pointers (32 bit) in 64 bit apps

Ian Lance Taylor iant@google.com
Tue May 18 14:45:00 GMT 2010


Reza Roboubi <reza@parvan.net> writes:

> Is there support for "short" pointers in 64 bit applications?  As
> struct members, these short pointers would save space, but when
> accessed, they would automatically be treated as 64 bit pointers into
> the "current" 4GB space (namely where the containing struct resides.)

No.

Sorry.

Ian



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