On 2007-10-01 13:32, Stefan Ram wrote:
> James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> writes:
>>in C++, a pointer is, itself, an object in its own right.
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> In C++,
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> »An object is a region of storage. (...)«
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> ISO/IEC 14882:2003(E), 1.8
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> A pointer is a value of a pointer type, like »&c« or »( int * )0«.
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> A pointer, therefore, does not need to be an object.

A pointer also have an address (i.e. occupy some region of storage).

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Erik Wikström