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From: comeau@ditka.Chicago.COM (Greg Comeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Is this valid C?
Message-ID: <38542@ditka.Chicago.COM>
Date: 10 May 91 02:15:42 GMT
References: <1991May5.222328.16225@csis.dit.csiro.au> <616@lysator.liu.se>
Sender: comeau@ditka.Chicago.COM (Greg Comeau)
Reply-To: comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau)
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In article <616@lysator.liu.se> zap@lysator.liu.se (Zap Andersson) writes:
>struct foop *p;
>struct foop { int a; char *b };
>main() { p->a = 39;  /* Will complier barf here? */ }

There will be a no barf since at the ->a, foop is no longer an incomplete
type.  It is not a problem.

- Greg
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