Actor Pointers & Melee attacks

[Ultimate Freedoomer]

Out of curiosity, how do melee attacks handle actor pointer calls compared to projectiles & ranged hitscans? I ask because I'm updating my "customization-friendly Strife weapon code" mod, & 1 of the changes is that a pointer with a flag check is used so the appropriate "hit" sound is made with the Punch Dagger based on if the hit actor has the "+NOBLOOD" flag or not. Here's the code, since I just want to make sure I use the right pointer & would like to be made aware of whether or not I'm using the wrong pointer so I can correct that mistake if that is the case:

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ACTOR SimplePunchDagger : StrifeWeapon replaces PunchDagger
{
	Weapon.SelectionOrder 3900
	+WEAPON.NOALERT
	+WEAPON.NOAUTOAIM
	Obituary "$OB_MPPUNCHDAGGER" // "%o was unwittingly backstabbed by %k."
	Tag "$TAG_PUNCHDAGGER" // "Dagger"
	States
	{
	Ready:
		PNCH A 1 A_WeaponReady(0)
		Loop
	Deselect:
		PNCH A 1 A_Lower(6)
		Loop
	Select:
		PNCH A 1 A_Raise(6)
		Loop
	Fire:
		TNT1 A 0
		{
		A_CheckFlag("NOBLOOD","Fire.noblood",AAPTR_TRACER); // checks punched actor for "noblood" flag, so as to jump to state with appropriate "hit" sound
		A_JumpIfInventory("SVETALISMANPOWERUP",1,"UltimatePunch",aaptr_default); // checks for "Veteran Edition Super Strength"
		A_JumpIfInventory("PowerStrength",1,"FireStrong",aaptr_default); // Checks for "PowerStrength" item, like vanilla "A_JabDagger". Seriously, check the Zscript code
		}
		PNCH B 4
		PNCH C 4 A_CustomPunch(((stamina/10)+2)*random(0,(stamina/10)+7),true,CPF_DAGGER,"CustomStrifeSpark",64.0,0.0,100,"armorbonus","misc/meathit","misc/swish")
		PNCH D 5
		PNCH C 4
		PNCH B 5 A_ReFire
		Goto Ready
	FireStrong: // "PowerStrength" punch
		TNT1 A 0 A_CheckFlag("NOBLOOD","FireStrong.noblood",AAPTR_TRACER)
		PNCH B 4
		PNCH C 4 A_CustomPunch(((stamina/10)+20)*random(0,(stamina/10)+70),true,CPF_DAGGER,"CustomStrifeSpark",64.0,0.0,100,"armorbonus","misc/meathit","misc/swish")
		PNCH D 5
		PNCH C 4
		PNCH B 5 A_ReFire
		Goto Ready
	ULTIMATEPUNCH: // "Talisman Berserk" punch
		TNT1 A 0 A_CheckFlag("NOBLOOD","ULTIMATEPUNCH.noblood",AAPTR_TRACER)
		PNCH B 4
		PNCH C 4 A_CustomPunch(1000,true,CPF_DAGGER,"CustomStrifeSpark",64.0,0.0,100,"armorbonus","misc/meathit","misc/swish")
		PNCH D 5
		PNCH C 4
		PNCH B 5 A_ReFire
		Goto Ready
	Fire.noblood:
		PNCH B 4
		PNCH C 4 A_CustomPunch(((stamina/10)+2)*random(0,(stamina/10)+7),true,CPF_DAGGER,"CustomStrifeSpark",64.0,0.0,100,"armorbonus","misc/metalhit","misc/swish")
		PNCH D 5
		PNCH C 4
		PNCH B 5 A_ReFire
		Goto Ready
	FireStrong.noblood:
		PNCH B 4
		PNCH C 4 A_CustomPunch(((stamina/10)+20)*random(0,(stamina/10)+70),true,CPF_DAGGER,"CustomStrifeSpark",64.0,0.0,100,"armorbonus","misc/metalhit","misc/swish")
		PNCH D 5
		PNCH C 4
		PNCH B 5 A_ReFire
		Goto Ready
	ULTIMATEPUNCH.noblood:
		PNCH B 4
		PNCH C 4 A_CustomPunch(1000,true,CPF_DAGGER,"CustomStrifeSpark",64.0,0.0,100,"armorbonus","misc/metalhit","misc/swish")
		PNCH D 5
		PNCH C 4
		PNCH B 5 A_ReFire
		Goto Ready
	}
}

[Blue Shadow]

A player's melee attack is just a short-ranged hitscan attack. Hitscan attacks have [wiki=Classes:BulletPuff]puffs[/wiki]. Puffs can make use of the [wiki=Actor_flags#HITTARGET]HIT flags[/wiki].

[Ultimate Freedoomer]

A player's melee attack is just a short-ranged hitscan attack. Hitscan attacks have [wiki=Classes:BulletPuff]puffs[/wiki]. Puffs can make use of the [wiki=Actor_flags#HITTARGET]HIT flags[/wiki].

Just to be clear, I was aware of that, I'm just unsure of if there's any special rules with "melee" damage functions compared to a_FireBullets, a_RailAttack, a_CustomBulletAttack, or a_CustomRailgun (as well as the numerous obsolete hitscan attack functions).

[Arctangent]

The special rules are the effects you can add via the function flags and the fact that a melee attack will mess with a player's facing angle and velocity, exactly how so differing on Punch-like melees and Saw-like melees.