Re: The offsetof macro

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1988 10:47

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In article <16490006@hpcllca.HP.COM> walter@hpcllca.HP.COM (Walter Murray) writes:
>So what is a valid way to define offsetof?

There is no portable way to #define an offsetof() macro in C.
The usual method you already know will nonetheless work on a
large number of implementations.  Others may have to use a
compiler intrinsic for this.

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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: The offsetof macro
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Date: 31 Aug 88 10:47:15 GMT
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