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Pointers explained: (lemmy.world)
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[–] 64 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Wait. It’s been a long time but shouldn’t be int*** -> int** -> int* -> int ?

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  • [–] 78 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    I think int*** is meant to be pointing at int**, but the image is just unclear about where everything is in perspective.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Pretty sure the image is clear:

    int*** -> int*
int** -> int
Int* -> int

    Clarity doesn’t mean correct. But that’s probably why it’s posted here. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    int** is inside a TV, and persumably int* must be inside another TV(even though uts not edited in). The image perespective is showing one thing inside the other, inside the other. So when when int*** points the TV it reference int**, which reference int* which reference int. Its just edited very bad

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    What's the * for again?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    It’s to check to see if commenters know how to escape the symbol. Congratulations! You passed!

    Source: I made it up.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    That's not the end of the chain either, right?

    Because : int -> &int -> &&int

    Or can you not use the address operator like that? It also might be int& &, I failed cs2200 on this exact type of technicality

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