hi! typedef __attribute__((ext_vector_type(2))) int * int2; produces an error but shouldn't this be a pointer to a vector of 2 elements instead of a vector of two pointers? when doing const char* str; we also get a pointer to a const character -Jochen -- Jochen Wilhelmy, Dipl.-Ing. Institute of Medical Physics (IMP) University Erlangen-Nürnberg Henkestr. 91, 91052 Erlangen, Germany www.imp.uni-erlangen.de