List of typed pointers

[Rinzwind]

I didn't know this feature... but experimenting shows it's working.
Normally a list handles its structures itself. An assignment makes a copy of the structure. Here we just pass pointers directly, saving memory etc.

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EnableExplicit

Structure Test
  Name.s
EndStructure

Define a.Test
a\Name = "Test"

NewList *l.Test()

AddElement(*l())
*l() = a ; assign a memory reference

Debug @a\Name
Debug @*l()\Name ;same address

Debug *l()\Name

So basically a typed pointer list. Better than using a generic .i list.

[Josh]

I use this a lot. Especially useful are PointerMaps, where several lists can easily be linked to one search index.