[c++] What is the size of a pointer?

Pointers are not always the same size on the same architecture.

You can read more on the concept of "near", "far" and "huge" pointers, just as an example of a case where pointer sizes differ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Memory_Model#Pointer_sizes

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