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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Here, the pointer `str` has the value of 0xdecade, therefore pointing to the mem
that address (here a C string):
address | data
-----------------
----------+-------
uint16_t *n ---> 0xdecadb | 0x27
0xdecadc | 0x7f
0xdecadd | 0xff
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ char *str -----> 0xdecade | 'H'
0xdecae2 | 'o'
char *end -----> 0xdecae3 | 0x00
0xdecae4 | 0x27
----------+------
char c = *str; /* dereferencing, reading the first element */
char c4 = *(str + 4); /* with pointer arithmetic we can access the 4th element, 'o' */
@ -56,5 +57,5 @@ process. On embedded systems (without a MMU), a null pointer may represent a val
## Function pointers
Function pointers are more special. On most systems, just like a regular pointer, a function pointer is simply
a memory address to the start of the function code. Formally in C, dereferencing a function pointer is undefined
behavior.
a memory address to the start of the function code. In some weird architectures like Itanium it is a pair of two addresses.
Formally in C, dereferencing a function pointer is undefined behavior.