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6594 :: How to get address of object

• jwezel_ (orginal) [2020-07-25T21:11:52+02:00] view original

  I came across an interesting problem in Nim: how to get the address of an object, defined as the memory location of the first byte of the object, in a printable form (uint/string), such that it can be included in a $ operator.

  I tried

  cast[ByteAddress](this.unsafeAddr)
  Run

  but then I get something that seems to be the same for a lot of objects at the same time, so it can't be the real address.

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• Araq (orginal) [2020-07-25T21:23:36+02:00] view original

  If your object is really a "ref object" then this does it: castByteAddress

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