<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
bounded	B-General_Concept
pointer	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
pointer	O
that	O
is	O
augmented	O
with	O
additional	O
information	O
that	O
enable	O
the	O
storage	O
bounds	O
within	O
which	O
it	O
may	O
point	O
to	O
be	O
deduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
additional	O
information	O
sometimes	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
two	O
pointers	O
holding	O
the	O
upper	O
and	O
lower	O
addresses	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
storage	O
occupied	O
by	O
the	O
object	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
bounded	B-General_Concept
pointer	I-General_Concept
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
bound	O
information	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
to	O
generate	O
code	O
that	O
performs	O
bounds	B-Data_Structure
checking	I-Data_Structure
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
bounds	O
are	O
violated	O
some	O
kind	O
of	O
exception	B-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
raised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
especially	O
useful	O
for	O
data	O
constructs	O
such	O
as	O
arrays	B-Data_Structure
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
