Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash.
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Dereference
//dɪˈɹɛfɹəns//
Synonyms for "dereference" (2 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- seurata verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
- seurata verb (operate on the target of a symbolic link)
- viitata verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
French
2 entries- déréférencer verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
- déréférencer verb (operate on the target of a symbolic link)
German
1 entries- dereferenzieren verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
Portuguese
1 entries- desreferenciar verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
Russian
1 entries- разыменовывать verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
Spanish
1 entries- desreferenciar verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
Swedish
2 entries- avreferera verb (access something to which a pointer or another value points)
- avreferera verb (operate on the target of a symbolic link)
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With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced.
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Either each dereference must use a complicated DCAS protocol, or each pointer must include a version number that is managed on each modification and checked on each dereference, or storage management must be tightly coupled […]
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