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Re: variables in scopes
Vara Prasad wrote:
Jim Keniston wrote:
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 15:58, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
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& lvalue
* pointer
I definitely think we will be heading in the wrong direction if we let
systemtap scripts use full blown "C" pointers directly.
It is o.k to let them traverse datastructures using -> and .
constructs but not full blown pointers.
I should say traversing using constructs which can verify safety of
pointers before accessing them is fine.
In my view allowing full pointers is asking for disaster in terms of
the safety of the code.