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Article #363Re: C++ and sizeof
From: tk
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 23:56
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 23:56
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In article <3522@columbia.UUCP> eppstein@garfield.columbia.edu (David Eppstein) writes: >Is there a good reason why CC expands sizeof itself? E.g. in > ... >why does the sizeof(y) become 8 and not sizeof(struct x)? >Is there some other use CC makes of the size that makes up for the >resulting lack of portability? What lack of portability? If you're counting on the C++ translator to produce "portable C" as its output I think you'll have problems since cfront uses machine dependent size and alignment information.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!tk From: tk@moss.ATT.COM Newsgroups: net.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ and sizeof Message-ID: <1772@clyde.ATT.COM> Date: Sun, 19-Oct-86 19:56:49 EDT Article-I.D.: clyde.1772 Posted: Sun Oct 19 19:56:49 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Oct-86 06:36:24 EDT References: <3522@columbia.UUCP> Sender: nuucp@clyde.ATT.COM Reply-To: tk@moss.UUCP (Thomas Kirk) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ Lines: 10