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[auctiontheory]

The pointer has been dereferenced, if you will.

I do not think dereferenced means what you think it means.

[TheCraiggers → auctiontheory]

Holy shit, I feel like an idiot. Still, thanks for pointing it out.. keeps me humble.

Kids, if you're curious what we're talking about, look up dangling pointers in C, which is what I should have 'referenced' in the first place.

[richbradshaw → TheCraiggers]

It's OK – I hadn't realised that's what dereferenced meant either! Has been 10 years since I wrote any C though.