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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>swizzle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="Swiss-Army-chainsaw.html" title="Swiss-Army chainsaw"/><link rel="next" href="sync.html" title="sync"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">swizzle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Swiss-Army-chainsaw.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sync.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="swizzle"/><dt xmlns="" id="swizzle"><b>swizzle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To convert external names, array indices, or references within a
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data structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought
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into main memory from external storage (also called <span class="firstterm">pointer swizzling</span>); this may be done for speed
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in chasing references or to simplify code (e.g., by turning lots of name
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lookups into pointer dereferences). The converse operation is sometimes
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termed <span class="firstterm">unswizzling</span>. See also
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