Spider-Man Pointer Aliasing

typedef struct s{ struct s *finger; } SpiderMan; int main(void){ SpiderMan* A = new SpiderMan; SpiderMan* B = new SpiderMan; A->finger = B; B->finger = A; }

A code snippet defines a SpiderMan structure whose finger points to another SpiderMan, then creates two Spider-Men pointing at each other. The joke combines C++ pointer aliasing with the classic Spider-Man pointing scene, used as a reaction to circular references or two entities being indistinguishable. EN: A code snippet defines a SpiderMan structure whose finger points to another SpiderMan, then creates two Spider-Men pointing at each other. The joke combines C++ pointer aliasing with the classic Spider-Man pointing scene, used as a reaction to circular references or two entities being indistinguishable.

• @profunctor_io / 2984 2019-09-08