Re: VM code question

[William Lee Irwin III]

William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> It's an address calculation method. We subtract the address of the
>> start of the structure from the address of the member inside the
>> structure.


On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 11:52:36AM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> AFAIKS the 0 is not part of the address calculation method though. It
> is only used in the argument to the typeof operator. I think 0 is used
> simply because its as good a place as any, right?

This is actually done differently from how I remember. Yes, 0 is useless.


-- wli
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