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From: diamond@jit533.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: How soon can `sizeof (tagged_type)' be used?
Message-ID: <1991May20.034617.19896@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 20 May 91 03:46:17 GMT
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In article <ENAG.91May20004919@maud.ifi.uio.no> enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) writes:
>Ron Guilmette writes:
>>   enum E { red, green = sizeof (enum E), blue };
>
>What is "sizeof (enum E)" supposed to return if not the same as
>"sizeof (int)"?

sizeof (short), sizeof (long), or sizeof (other_integral_type_which_the_\
implementation_is_allowed_to_define_even_though_portable_programs_cannot_\
directly_name_this_type)
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