Re: Based variables

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

At 12/8/00 01:08 PM -0800, you wrote:
>Hmm.. no.
>
>The pointer will point to the start of the Data structure.  This data
>structure initially contains one record.  Say the data structure is 240
>bytes long.  When you read anther record, you allocate another 240 bytes
>to store it in, which goes at the end of your first record.  Then you
>increment your pointer by 240, so now it will be pointing at the start
>of the second record.

  That's what I'm asking about.  How do I insure that I am not stepping on 
another piece of valid data in memory if I just increment the pointer?  If 
I need to use ALLOC, the I understand.  Otherwise it seems pretty dangerous 
to me!


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