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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Struct Error |
| Date | 2025-01-23 17:23 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:37:27 +0000, bart wrote:
[snipped context restored]
>> struct scenet *childp;
>> struct scenet (*childa)[];
>> };
>> Yet childp is fine, but childa is a gcc compiler error. Why is that?
>
> Because it needs to know the size of the type to work out the function
> type’s calling convention.
I restored the context you snipped. There is no function type in the
code Bart was asking about. childa is defined as a pointer to an
(incomplete) array of struct scenet.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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