"Pointers make my head spin" etc ...

And, after a good night's sleep I am less convinced of the logic in the piece I quoted in Reply #40.

I don't really see why the choice would be ambiguous - why would I want the address of a simple variable? If it is a simple variable just assume I want the value.

There could be a special "add on" for those folks who really do want the address of a simple variable.

...R