Subj : Re: Old C-program
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Vladimir Grigoriev
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 06:54 pm

Yes you are right.
The code was modified by several programmers at different time.
But I need understand what it do at present!
Vladimir Grigoriev

"Ed Mulroy" <dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket> wrote in message
news:434bc1db@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I think you are looking at source code that has been modified or updated
> over the years.  When a programmer updates the code he is going to do it
> with the idea of it working with a current compiler.  It is also likely
that
> the code was updated more than once and not always by the same
programmers.
>
> .  Ed
>
> > Vladimir Grigoriev wrote in message
> > news:434baabc$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> >
> > Also it is interesting to note that in the same source module I
> > found the following code
> >
> > if ((bentry = (BENTRY *)GetEntryBlock() ) != NULL)
> >
> > Why does a programmer in one case use (char *) pointer and
> > in another case use (BENTRY *) pointer when compares with
> > NULL? It is strange...
>
>

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