1) a .* xptr = 3 ; Above line's syntax is wrong. Should be *a.xptr = 3; 2) Also declare the structure member variables as int *xptr, *yptr ; (otherwise yptr will be of type int, not of int*) 3) aptr ->* xptr = 5 ; is also of wrong syntax. Should be *aptr->xptr = 5 ; Which is equivalent to *(aptr->xptr) = 5; the above code DOES NOT mean this one : (*aptr)->xptr // this one dereference aptr first, then does nothing to xptr Thanks. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello -- long time since I posted on this list. > > I'm trying to understand the use of ->* but in compiling the attached program which I thought was straightforward I am getting the following errors: > > foo.cpp: In constructor ‘mystruct::mystruct()’: > foo.cpp:9:12: error: invalid conversion from ‘int*’ to ‘int’ > foo.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: > foo.cpp:21:7: error: ‘xptr’ was not declared in this scope > foo.cpp:22:7: error: ‘yptr’ was not declared in this scope > > Please help. > > -- > Shriramana Sharma -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html