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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Question on structures
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 17:56:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 17:56:59 1987
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Keywords: Sturctures records

> I have gotten really tired of typing things like a.b.c.d etc  to refer to
> elements of a structure. I remember that pascal provided me with a 'with'
> construction which allowed me to say something like 
>     "with a.b.c {now refering to d really means use a.b.c.d } ..."
> I was wondering if there is some similar contruct in C...

Nothing quite the same, but you can come close.  If all you want is the
abbreviation, just

	#define	IT	a.b.c

and then refer to IT.d or whatever.  If you also want the efficiency boost
that some Pascal compilers give you this way, then

	struct whatever *it = &a.b.c;

and then refer to it->d or whatever.  These aren't quite as convenient as
Pascal when there is only one structure in use, but unlike Pascal they work
even when there is more than one (just use separate IT/it names).
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