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Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt

Message-ID <4DEA636F.7BF2@mindspring.com> (permalink)
Date 2011-06-04 12:55 -0400
From pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>
Organization PF
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt
References <isb79p$oao$1@dont-email.me> <4DE92C83.824@mindspring.com> <iscl9q$dgc$1@dont-email.me> <4DEA0DB0.5BE6@mindspring.com> <isdfme$kvf$1@dont-email.me>

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Shao Miller wrote:
> 
> On 6/4/2011 5:49 AM, pete wrote:
> > Shao Miller wrote:
> >>
> >> On 6/3/2011 1:48 PM, pete wrote:
> >>> Shao Miller wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> So let's please go on to:
> >>>>
> >>>>      char ** helper;
> >>>>
> >>>>      enum foo {
> >>>>          bar = *helper + 1 - *helper
> >>>>        };
> >>>>
> >>>>      int main(void) {
> >>>>          return 0;
> >>>>        }

> > But even if (*helper) was defined,
> > then (*helper + 1 - *helper) is still not a constant expression

I should have said 'not an "integral constant expression"'

> > and the compiler that I'm using,
> > won't compile the above program.
> >
> 
> May I ask which compiler, please?  Since I am concerned about
> portability, that'd be great to know.  Thanks!

One of the ancient ones.

Microsoft Developer Studio 97
VC++ 5.0 

Compiling...
new.c
C:\Program Files\DevStudio\SharedIDE\bin\new.c(5) : error C2057:
expected constant expression
Error executing cl.exe.

new.obj - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)


-- 
pete

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offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:57 -0400
  Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-06-03 13:59 -0400
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 14:33 -0400
      Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-06-08 15:03 +0200
  Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-03 14:48 -0400
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 02:02 -0500
      Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-04 06:49 -0400
        Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 09:32 -0500
          Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-04 12:55 -0400
            Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 13:24 -0500
              Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-04 14:56 -0400
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-04 15:38 -0400
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 18:25 -0500
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-06-05 07:10 -0400
  Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:39 -0700
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-03 19:58 -0700
      Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 01:57 -0700
        Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-04 05:22 -0700
          Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 10:16 -0700
            Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-04 23:03 -0700
              Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 02:24 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-06 08:08 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 13:26 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-08 12:34 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 15:07 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 15:19 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-14 14:53 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-14 14:52 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 16:24 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-15 06:44 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 10:40 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-19 13:48 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-19 14:57 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-23 00:52 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 12:34 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-27 10:03 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-07-01 10:03 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-07-03 14:33 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-18 21:17 -0700
                Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-27 10:13 -0700
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 14:05 -0500
      Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 02:44 -0700
        Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 17:58 -0500
          Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 15:37 -0700
            Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 18:58 -0500
  Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 17:15 -0700
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-03 20:20 -0700
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 12:50 -0500
  Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-03 21:43 -0400
    Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-03 21:54 -0400
      Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-03 20:36 -0700
  Re: offsetof() Macro Attempt Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-03 19:46 -0700

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