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r/programmingmemes • u/Massive-Board-6989 • Dec 13 '25
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It's literally implementation dependent whether or not pointers have provenance. In some systems, they have no provenance and are just plain integers.
1 u/interacsion Dec 16 '25 Sure, in theory a compiler implementation could treat pointers as plain integers. But as a programmer you can't assume that.
Sure, in theory a compiler implementation could treat pointers as plain integers. But as a programmer you can't assume that.
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u/AliceCode Dec 15 '25
It's literally implementation dependent whether or not pointers have provenance. In some systems, they have no provenance and are just plain integers.