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Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:55 pm**

This doesn't seem to work for me:

if tPointerA is tPointerB then
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When I log the contents of the two variables of type Pointer they are identical:

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["Next Pointer=", <foreign pointer 0x7fac7c796260>, "Current Pointer =", <foreign pointer 0x7fac7c796260>]

Is there a way in LCB to compare two pointers to determine if they point to the same block of memory?
I looked at foundation.h header file but didn't notice anything like "MCPointerIsPointer()" that could be applicable.

Or maybe there's a way to dereference or coerce Pointers into another type that I can compare?
I think a way to convert Pointers to / from a String or a Number would be very useful in a few situations.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:48 pm**

Answering my own question...

binding to

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bool MCValueIsEqualTo(MCValueRef value, MCValueRef other_value);

found in livecode's foundation.h header did the trick,
here is the binding code:

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__safe foreign handler MCValueIsEqualTo(in rPtrA as Pointer, in pPtrB as Pointer) returns CBool binds to "<builtin>"

Posted: **Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:02 pm**

Thank you.
When I ever get the courage to dive into LCB again, then i will plow thru all these threads.

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