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Can structures be passed to the functions by value?

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> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?
>

Yup

a écrit :
> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?
>
Yes, but it's just another waste of time an memory...

a écrit :
> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?
>
Yes, but it's just another waste of time and memory...

Emmanuel Delahaye wrote:
> a écrit :
>
>> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?
>>
> Yes, but it's just another waste of time and memory...

Uh, that would depend on what you need to do with it.

writes:

> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?

Yes. However, a constant pointer to a structure often saves
memory and may save time.
--
"When I have to rely on inadequacy, I prefer it to be my own."
--Richard Heathfield

In article <>,
Ben Pfaff <> wrote:

>> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?

>Yes. However, a constant pointer to a structure often saves
>memory and may save time.

The reverse may also be true. Small structures are often passed in
registers.

-- Richard

(Richard Tobin) writes:

> In article <>,
> Ben Pfaff <> wrote:
>
>>> Can structures be passed to the functions by value?
>
>>Yes. However, a constant pointer to a structure often saves
>>memory and may save time.
>
> The reverse may also be true. Small structures are often passed in
> registers.

Yes, this is true. I should have qualified my statement with
"sufficiently large". Of course, nothing is guaranteed in any
case.
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Here's a tip: null pointers don't have to be *dull* pointers!