wild pointer

created by bitter_engineer
(thing) by bitter_engineer (6.7 y) (print)   (I like it!) Tue Aug 22 2000 at 5:43:48
A pointer that references data that is incompatible with the pointer's type. This usually happens through sloppy or kluged programming. Both null pointers and dangling references are types of wild pointers. Frequently the culprits in Exception Access Violations and related errors.
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