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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: self contained pointers to structures
Keywords: strange interaction
Message-ID: <10181@alice.UUCP>
Date: 27 Nov 89 14:14:05 GMT
References: <10350@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
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In article <10350@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>, bobc@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Bob Calbridge) writes:
> I tried to implement it like this:

> struct event {
> 	int	timing:
> 	int	count;
> 	struct	event *next;
> };

> Of course, the compiler complains because the definition of the structure is
> incomplete at that point.

If your compiler rejects this, it's badly broken.

There's nothing wrong with declaring a pointer to an (as yet)
unknown structure.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com