On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 17:07, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:

> Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 11:13, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 10:45, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Suppose I write
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > #(define x '(1 2 3))
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > is there any way in scheme to print the memory address where x is
> >> >> pointing
> >> >> > to? (where is allocated the first element of the list)
> >> >>
> >> >> What do you need it for?  If it is for identification, (hashq x
> >> >> 1000000000) should usually do a reasonably good job.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I tried, it looks working. (Yes, it's for identification)
> >> >
> >> > And is there any way to print the memory address of x? (If I remember
> >> > correctly was something like &x in c++).
> >>
> >> object-address maybe.  But it's not like you can use it for anything.
> >
> >
> > If I didn't make any mistakes, this code print the "address" of the first
> > element of the list x and the "address" of the first element pointed by
> the
> > parameter "lst" of the "foo" function.
>
> This is Scheme, not C.  1 would not have an address anyway since it is
> an immediate value (self-represented).  And you are not printing the
> address of the first element of the list but you are printing the
> address of its cons cell.
>
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Thank you David and Andrew for your extended reply and your suggestions!

g.
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