Message-ID: <000201c06898$cc564f20$735c149a@mitchllistar.ca>
From: "Kevin Mitchell" <mitchll AT istar DOT ca>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Stupid DJGPP questions
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:03:58 -0500
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hi All!

I am (slowly!) working my way through "The C++ Programming Language" and
have been having difficulty with any question that invovles "how does your
compiler behave?" I've searched through all the documentation that I have
available to me... including the "info" files, "how-to" files, newsgroup
FAQ's... and found no answers. Can somebody, please, suggest where I might
find the answers to the following oh-so-simple questions?

I am compiling my programs using Linux+GCC and Windows+DJGPP (two versions,
of course, of the same program).

What is the longest local name you can use in a C++ program on your system?
What is the longest external name you can use in a C++ program on your
system? Are there any restrictions on the characters you can use in a name?

 What, on your system, are the restrictions on the pointer types char*,
int*, and void*? For example, may and int have an odd value? Hint:
alignment.

I can't *believe* the degree of difficulty I've been having answering these
really simple questions. As much as I dislike the idea of moving to Visual
C++ (it would be kinda overkill for what I'm doing)... I just *know* that I
would have the answer to these questions in about 3 mouse clicks...

Regards,
Kevin Mitchell
Toronto, Canada