Pointer Declarations

Pointer declarations are made in XDR exactly as they are in C. Address pointers are not really sent over the network; instead, XDR pointers are useful for sending recursive data types such as lists and trees. The type is called "optional-data," not "pointer," in XDR language:

pointer-declaration:
 	type-ident *variable-ident 

Example:

listitem *next; --> listitem *next;