Re: sizeof (c) vs sizeof (*c)

Florian Boor <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:28:31 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.handhelds.gpe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> Well *if* the second is correct, I don't see why you'd prefer the
> first as it is saying something very different.
> 
> sizeof (c) is here the size of a pointer so even if it happens that
> sizeof (struct gpe_pim_category) is the size of a pointer, the code is
> wrong.  The programmer likely intended to write sizeof (*c).

then the second one is really wrong... could have been some uncommon C notation
it happens frm time to time that you discover somethign new in y language you
thought you knew ;)

Greetings

Florian

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