The dereference operator is weird

[mleyen]

I think this is disturbing. In the second case, it's not possible to set the value of P by using PP^, because it dereferences 2 times at once. Is there a way to do that?

Cast the typed Pointer to a Pointer and evrything is wonderful.

var
  P: PMyRec;
  AnotherP: PMyRec;
  PP: PPMyRec;
//  PPP: PPPMyRec;
//  PPPP: PPPPMyRec;
begin
  New(P);
  P^.Str := 'test';
  P^.Int := 5;
  New(AnotherP);
  AnotherP.Str := 'AnotherTest';
  AnotherP.Int := 6;

  PP := @P;
//  PPP := @PP;
//  PPPP := @PPP;

  ShowMessage(P.Str);
  Dispose(P);
  Pointer(PP^) := AnotherP;
  ShowMessage(P.Str);

  Dispose(AnotherP);
end;

Is it actually possible that PPPMyRec is automaticly dereferenced or does it only do second-degree pointers?

i dunno, but normaly i always notice if something is going wrong.