Re: Struct Error

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From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Struct Error
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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.

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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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