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From: ka@hropus.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist)
Newsgroups: net.lang,net.lang.c
Subject: Re: structured assembler (BASIC)  [Really: C builtin functions?]
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Date: Fri, 11-Apr-86 19:19:39 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 11 19:19:39 1986
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> You are sort of right, but sizeof qualifies as a builtin function, 
> even though it is a compile-time function vs run-time.   Anyone disagree?

The sizeof operator doesn't use the function call syntax; it is legal
to write "sizeof i" rather than "sizeof(i)".  Of course, in the case
of "sizeof(int)" the parenthesis are necessary, but since "int" is a
reserved word this still doesn't look quite like a function call.
				Kenneth Almquist
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