Agreed, colin. The language and the tool should be doing the work, not me. The compiler should be doing the work, not me.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Ralph DiMola <[email protected]> wrote: > Bliss32(Dec VMS) used periods "." for pointers. Multi dots were allowed and > gave me many a headache back in the day. > Myvar==>The the variables value > .Myvar==>Address of the variables value > ..Myvar==>Address of the address to the variables value > And so on... > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Colin Holgate > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2016 10:49 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Pointers > > The difficulty with pointers and handles was that with one you could get > straight at the value you wanted, and the other you had to dereference it > first. Meaning, that you were the one who had to understand whether you > were > dealing with a pointer or a handle. Computers ought to take care of those > things for you. > > > > On Oct 15, 2016, at 7:38 AM, Mike Kerner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I don't know why you would have a problem with that; Once you > > understand how to use pointers, you should have no problems with > > handles; > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
