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From: jj@nrcvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang,net.lang.c
Subject: Re: structured assembler (BASIC)  [Really: C builtin functions?]
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Date: Fri, 18-Apr-86 18:03:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 18 18:03:20 1986
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In article <584@ihdev.UUCP> pdg@ihdev.UUCP (55224-P. D. Guthrie) writes:
>
>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?
>-- 
>
>Paul Guthrie				`When the going gets weird,
>ihnp4!ihdev!pdg				 The weird turn pro'
>					  - H. Thompson


'Sizeof' does not have to look like a function at all.  Think of it as
a multi-character operator.  It seems to be convention to always
use 'sizeof(x)' when 'sizeof x' would work the same.  The parenthesis
are only necessary when 'x' is a type.  I guess this is the same as
most people using 'return (x)' instead of just 'return x'.

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