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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Pointer Values</h5>
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<p><a name="index-pointer-values_002c-in-file_002di_002fo-protocol-3620"></a>
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Pointers to target data are transmitted as they are. An exception
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is made for pointers to buffers for which the length isn't
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transmitted as part of the function call, namely strings. Strings
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are transmitted as a pointer/length pair, both as hex values, e.g.
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<pre class="smallexample"> <code>1aaf/12</code>
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<p class="noindent">which is a pointer to data of length 18 bytes at position 0x1aaf.
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The length is defined as the full string length in bytes, including
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the trailing null byte. For example, the string <code>"hello world"</code>
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at address 0x123456 is transmitted as
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<pre class="smallexample"> <code>123456/d</code>
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