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| From | Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Struct Error |
| Date | 2025-01-24 16:37 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20250124163740.00006281@yahoo.com> (permalink) |
| References | <vmr5gg$137jo$1@dont-email.me> <vms4km$19srg$1@dont-email.me> <vmt74h$1jac0$1@dont-email.me> |
On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:54:10 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> On 23/01/2025 01:05, James Kuyper wrote:
> > On 2025-01-22, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> >> Gcc 14.1 gives me an error compiling this code:
> >>
> >> struct vector;
> >> struct scenet;
> >>
> >> struct vector {
> >> double x;
> >> double y;
> >> double z;
> >> };
> >>
> >> struct scenet {
> >> struct vector center;
> >> double radius;
> >> struct scenet (*child)[];
> >> };
> >
> > 6.7.6.2p2: "The element type shall not be an incomplete or function
> > type."
> >
> > I have many draft versions of the C standard. n2912.pdf, dated
> > 2022-06-08, says in 6.7.2.1.p3 about struct types that "... the
> > type is incomplete144) until immediately after the closing brace of
> > the list defining the content, and complete thereafter."
> >
> > Therefore, struct scenet is not a complete type until the closing
> > brace of it's declaration.
>
> Wouldn't this also be the case here:
>
> struct scenet *child;
> };
>
Just to point out if it was not said already: the problem is not related
specifically to recursive structures. It applies to arrays of
incomplete types in all circumstances.
struct bar;
struct bar (*bag)[]; // error
typedef struct bar (*bat)[]; // error
The case of the recursive structure is special only in a sense that it's
o.k. in C++, because [unlike C] in C++ struct considered complete within
its own body.
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