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| <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Pointer Values</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-pointer-values_002c-in-file_002di_002fo-protocol-2520"></a> |
| Pointers to target data are transmitted as they are. An exception |
| is made for pointers to buffers for which the length isn't |
| transmitted as part of the function call, namely strings. Strings |
| are transmitted as a pointer/length pair, both as hex values, e.g. |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> <code>1aaf/12</code> |
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| <p class="noindent">which is a pointer to data of length 18 bytes at position 0x1aaf. |
| The length is defined as the full string length in bytes, including |
| the trailing null byte. For example, the string <code>"hello world"</code> |
| at address 0x123456 is transmitted as |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> <code>123456/d</code> |
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