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Article #5257Re: sizeof in #if?
From: John F. Haugh II
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1988 00:23
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1988 00:23
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In article <12713@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >In article <4543@rpp386.UUCP> jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) writes: >>In article <12685@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >>[ and chris then further agrees that sizeof is not a keyword, but an >> operator instead ] > >I did not say that. I said that sizeof is both a keyword *and* an >operator. my apologizes, that should have read [ and chris then further agrees that sizeof is not only a keyword, but also an operator ] my statement about CPP not being about to perform the sizeof() operation still stands. data types do not exist at that phase of the translation, and hence, neither do data type or variable sizes. -- John F. Haugh II +--------- Cute Chocolate Quote --------- HASA, "S" Division | "USENET should not be confused with UUCP: killer!rpp386!jfh | something that matters, like CHOCOLATE" DOMAIN: jfh@rpp386.uucp | -- with my apologizes
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!rutgers!mailrus!ames!killer!pollux!dalsqnt!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: sizeof in #if? Message-ID: <4645@rpp386.UUCP> Date: 30 Jul 88 00:23:45 GMT References: <705@bnr-rsc.UUCP> <11556@steinmetz.ge.com> <11637@steinmetz.ge.com> <4543@rpp386.UUCP> <12713@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers Lines: 22