[AccessD] Handle v. Pointer

[Stuart McLachlan]

Actually. that's not really true.  A handle is an abstraction of a pointer.  An object can move 
in memory, but it's handle won't change - the operating system maintains the relationship 
between a handle and where to find the object.
 


On 22 Dec 2021 at 12:27, Stuart McLachlan wrote:

> A handle is a specific type of pointer.
> 
> A pointer is just a memory location.  (it "points" to the location) A
> handle is a pointer to an object's memory location.
> 
> On 21 Dec 2021 at 20:41, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> 
> > Is there a difference between a handle and a pointer? And if so,
> > what?
> > 
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