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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: parens around sizeof arg
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 02:03:10 EST
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> Style for you guys, necessity for others.  The only time I use sizeof is
> in such expressions as, "sizeof(struct foo)"; and our compiler doesn't
> realize that "struct" gets a following name, so "sizeof struct foo" gets
> me a syntax error.

That's a "sizeof(type)", not a "sizeof thing", and the parentheses are
necessary in that case.

	Guy Harris
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