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From: ken@rochester.ARPA (Ipse dixit)
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Subject: Re: structured assembler (BASIC)  [Really: C builtin functions?]
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Date: Thu, 10-Apr-86 19:11:19 EST
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In article <202@chronon.UUCP> eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black) writes:
>Well, how about sizeof(foo)?
>
>It looks like a function invocation, and is known and understood
>by the compiler...

Ah, but it can be written without the parentheses, i.e. sizeof foo,
except when foo is a type, so most people parenthesize it anyway,
and don't bother to remember when to and when not to.

	Ken
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