Re: Threads across programming languages

On 24/05/2024 00:31, Keith Thompson wrote:

 Obviously, and I can't figure out why you feel the need to make that
point.  Of course the phrase "pointer object" doesn't mean "pointer
value".  I didn't suggest that it could, or that anyone might think it
could.
 

A "pointer object" would be the physical bits which hold the pointer. A "pointer value" would be the address which these bits represent. You very rarely need to make this distinction because it's usually quite obvious from context, or it doesn't matter. So usually the term "pointer" will do. But just occasionally yu might need to be clear which one you are referring to.
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