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DaWei · Jul 13th, 2005, 7:01 AM

LEA means "the address of MSG". That's what I want to pass to the function, not the first four bytes OF the message. It's the job of the function to perform the dereferencing. Don't mix up C and ASM in your head, they aren't the same.

Jul 13th, 2005, 7:01 AM	#14
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	LEA means "the address of MSG". That's what I want to pass to the function, not the first four bytes OF the message. It's the job of the function to perform the dereferencing. Don't mix up C and ASM in your head, they aren't the same. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers