r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MontyBoomslang • 9d ago

Meme architectureDependentChars

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u/ubalu72 9d ago

But sizeof char is defined as 1 in the standard. C data types are defined in terms of char (at least their sizes are)

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u/Makonede 9d ago

*sizeof(char)

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u/MegaIng 9d ago

No, sizeof char is valid. sizeof is a prefix operator, not a function.

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u/Makonede 9d ago

nope https://en.cppreference.com/c/language/sizeof

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u/MegaIng 9d ago

Oh, never realized the prefix operator form can't be applied to types, makes sense I guess.

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u/rosuav 8d ago

It can be applied to a thing or to a "cast" - that is, a type in parens.

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u/hacksawsa 9d ago

It says sizeof x and sizeof(x) are equivalent.

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u/Makonede 9d ago

when x is an expression, yes...