__based

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Microsoft Specific

type**__based(base)**declarator

The __based keyword specifies that a pointer is a 32-bit offset from a 32-bit pointer base. For compatibility with previous versions, _based is a synonym for __based.

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Example

In the following example, the memory pointed to by bpi is adjusted by the base address value of vpi:

// Example of the __based keyword
int *vpi;
int __based(vpi)*bpi;

For more information, see #pragma alloc_text