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71<h4 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Pointer Values</h4>
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74<p>Pointers to target data are transmitted as they are.  An exception
75is made for pointers to buffers for which the length isn&rsquo;t
76transmitted as part of the function call, namely strings.  Strings
77are transmitted as a pointer/length pair, both as hex values, e.g.
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80<pre class="smallexample"><code>1aaf/12</code>
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83<p>which is a pointer to data of length 18 bytes at position 0x1aaf.
84The length is defined as the full string length in bytes, including
85the trailing null byte.  For example, the string <code>&quot;hello world&quot;</code>
86at address 0x123456 is transmitted as
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89<pre class="smallexample"><code>123456/d</code>
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