sizeof issue??

[jcfuller]

Charles,
  Wrong interpretation by me or ..?
I expected sizeof(intptr) = 8
James

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use rtl64
#autodim off
use console

int* intptr
sys sys1
printl "sizeof intptr -> " sizeof(intptr)
printl "sizeof sys1   -> " sizeof(sys1)
wait


[Charles Pegge]

Hi James,

O2 always dereferences to the base type. So, an int will always have a sizeof 4 regardless of its pointyness.

Note that the string type is inherently a pointer, and therefore has a sizeof 8 on a 64bit system.

These rules aid consistent striding when iterating over arrays of variables.

Example of striding:

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def stride @%1 += sizeof %1
dim double d[100]
double pd at @d
'
for i=1 to 100
  pd+=4
  stride pd
next
'results in d[] 4,8,12,16 ...


[Mike Lobanovsky]

Could we perhaps use explicit sizeof(int*) to avoid such re-interpretation?

[Charles Pegge]

I'm not sure that fits in but I noticed that pointer-types, were not getting it right, so I'll fix them on the next release of O2.

[Mike Lobanovsky]

Thanks Charles!