Re: Possible Incorrect Pointer Reference in variable.c

Jon Forrest <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:54:37 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 9/27/21 1:44 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> I guess Jon is so used to Java-like languages that he's not appreciating 
> that this is C and v.fileinfo is a struct not a pointer so there's no 
> bug here.

As usual, Paul is right. As a learning exercise I'm hand translating
gmake into another language. For some reason, I indeed made v.fileinfo
a pointer. You both have politely pointed out the error of my ways.

Sorry for the noise.

Jon