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In article <4fqq6l$qcr@venus.roc.csci.csc.com> tottinge@csci.csc.com
(Tim Ottinger) writes:

> It all comes down to a problem where a sizeof() is used on the rhs of an 
> initialization, and it's operating on the object it's initializing:
> 
> 	someType z  = fred + sizeof(z);
>                  ^                  ^^

This is perfectly legal.  The object z is deamed to be known as soon as
the compiler encounters the `=' sign.

> Of course, I've changed the inherited code to read:
> 
> 	someType z  = fred + sizeof(someType);
> 
> and all is well.
> 
> So, is the compiler right on this one, that it's certainly disallowed, or is 
> it merely eccentric?

Not even eccentric, really, and certainly legal.
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