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In the expression
<PRE>&amp; <I>expr</I>
</PRE>
which means "take the address of the <I>expr</I>",
the <I>expr</I> operand must be one of the following:
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a function designator;
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an <A HREF="$$LINK(lvalue)">lvalue</A> designating an object that is
not a bit field and is not declared with the register storage class specifier.
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If the operand is of type <I>type</I>, the result is of type "pointer to <I>type</I>".
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The <CODE>'&amp;'</CODE> symbol is also used in C as a binary <A HREF="$$LINK(logbit)">bitwise AND operator</A>.
