Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:28:04 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@ofug.org Cc: keramida@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/ln & WARNS=5 Message-ID: <20020715.092804.90381918.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpn0st6mjc.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <20020715114437.GA51994@hades.hell.gr> <20020715.090542.07693309.imp@bsdimp.com> <xzpn0st6mjc.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: > : > There are two different cases - one is "sizeof(type)" which requires
: > : > parentheses, the other is "sizeof variable" which doesn't. In the
: > : > latter case, the rule about avoiding unnecessary parentheses applies.
: > That's not always the case. sizeof type always works too.
:
: No, "sizeof type" is a syntax error in C89 and C99.
In any event, sizeof(var) is the BSD way of saying that.
Warner
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