Re: confused by what seems to be a recursive declaration/definition
Re: confused by what seems to be a recursive declaration/definition
- Subject: Re: confused by what seems to be a recursive declaration/definition
- From: William Squires <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:27:16 -0500
On Aug 11, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Luther Baker wrote:
>>
>>> static void *AVPlayerDemoPlaybackViewControllerRateObservationContext = &
>>> AVPlayerDemoPlaybackViewControllerRateObservationContext;
>>
>> It’s initializing the variable to point to itself. Which seems sort of pointless, but I don’t know the context.
>
> It's a quick way to initialize a unique pointer when you don't care
> about the value.
>
Of course, if you don't care about the value, why would you need a unique one? :)
> --Kyle Sluder
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