From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: GNU pointers
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:18:15 -0300
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Mark Bidewell wrote:
->Does GNU have a way to synthesize pointer addresses (segment : offset) for
->their component parts?
	If you have 
void* p;
short seg = (short)(((int)p>>4)&0xFFFF);
short off = (short)((int)p & 0xF);

	I believe that will do the trick.  (But only if your original
address was below 1M).

	Endlisnis
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