Thu 2003-08-07 18:15, Jasen Betts (3:640/1042) wrote to andrew clarke:

 JB>>> Given

 JB>>> typedef struct moo
 JB>>>   {
 JB>>>  int foo;
 JB>>>  char bar;
 JB>>>   } moo;

 JB>>> is   sizeof(moo) * 100   always the same as   sizeof( moo[100] )

 ac>> moo[100] is not valid, but I think you mean:

 JB> My compilers don't complain... are you shure?

6:37 ozzmosis{at}blizzard [~/src]grep -n "" test.c
1:typedef struct moo
2:{
3:    int foo;
4:    char bar;
5:}
6:moo; 
7:
8:moo amoo[100];
9:
10:int amoo_size = sizeof amoo;
11:
12:int moo_size = sizeof moo;

6:37 ozzmosis{at}blizzard [~/src]gcc -Wall -W -c test.c
test.c:12: syntax error before `moo'

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