you have to dereference the pointer to determine truthiness of the value, which then gives you the parent pointer, which you have to dereference the pointer to

you have to dereference the pointer to determine truthiness of the value, which then gives you the parent pointer, which you have to dereference the pointer to determine truthiness of the value, which then gives you the parent pointer, which you have to dereference the pointer to determine truthiness of the value, which then gives you the parent pointer, which you have to dereference the pointer to determine truthiness of the value, which then gives you the parent pointer, which you...