[tom_]

Names of locations in assembly language are typically constants, similar to global arrays in C. There's no my_ptr, as such; there's an address, and my_ptr is its name. When you watch my_ptr, you want to monitor what's at that address - ``watch *my_ptr'', in gdb terms.

Not the end of the world, just annoying.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

It seems that people read my comment as sarcastic. It wasn't. I was trying to make the point you're making.