Invalid pointer addresses

[Allan Pratt]

In article <12088 at steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen at crdos1.UUCP 
(bill davidsen) writes:
> 
>   I recently proofread a manual which stated that even calculating the
> value of an invalid address could cause a memory fault.

I suppose that a word-addressing machine could cause a memory fault when
you try to put an odd address in an address register:

	register int *bar = (int *)1;	/* address fault */

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