RE: [Dev-C++] dynamic allocation and structs

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Westermark [mailto:pw...@ia...] 
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:54 PM
> To: Ioannis Vranos
> Cc: Dev-C++ Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] dynamic allocation and structs
> 
> 
> Exactly why my previous mail specified use-cases.
> 
> - Sparse matrix, where a lot of entries are NULL.
> - Quick sort, since it's enough to move the pointers.
> - Different object types for each index, simulating C++ abstract base
> class.


You need void * for this (or a container struct). But this means you
can't use it directly.


> - Supports large vector in 16-bit code, where it's possible 
> to have 16000
> entries of up to 64000 byte size each.


Yep, you are an older programmer than me. :) I know the 64 KB DOS limit
though.


Ioannis

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