Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 19:17:40 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: GNU pointers
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Endlisnis wrote:

> 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).

This will NOT work in DJGPP, exactly because all the addresses of the 
variables in DJGPP programs are *above* the 1MB mark.