meaning: if (image1_src != &s_) /* use image1_src->s_name */ but some superstitious coders (like myself) would write: if (image1_src && image1_src != &s_)... rzsz Krzysztof Czaja wrote: ... > use image1_src->s_name (but only after making sure image1_src > is not null, because you have declared it as A_DEFSYM).