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  Keyword:   __self
 
  Syntax:    __self
 
  Summary:   A base expression indicating the segment in which the
             variable itself resides.
 
  See also:  __based, __segment, __segname
 
     The __self keyword can be used to cast to a segment value, as in
     the example below:
 
          typedef struct Tree TREE;
 
          struct Tree
          {
             int name;
             TREE __based( (__segment)__self ) *left;
             TREE __based( (__segment)__self ) *right;
          };
 
     The pointers within the Tree structure type are self-based, meaning
     that for a given structure variable, they point within the segment
     in which the structure variable is located.
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