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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Does ANSI C have lengthof() ?
Message-ID: <1281@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 09:18:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: bgsuvax.1281
Posted: Wed Sep  9 09:18:31 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 09:49:02 EDT
References: <1059@haddock.ISC.COM>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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in article <1059@haddock.ISC.COM>, karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer) says:

>>I think there is more need for these functions in the pre-processor:
>>    # if sizeof (char*) == sizeof (int)
 
> Such a preprocessor ought to be able to
> handle any "sizeof(TYPE)" expression, and I'd be willing to do without
> "sizeof(EXPR)".

I would even be willing to do without TYPEs defined with typedef.  All that
I need (now :-) is the built ins (int, char*, long, char, etc).

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