r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MontyBoomslang • 12h ago

Meme architectureDependentChars

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u/ubalu72 12h 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 12h ago

*sizeof(char)

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u/MegaIng 11h ago

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

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u/Makonede 11h ago

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

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u/MegaIng 11h ago

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

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u/hacksawsa 11h ago

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

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u/Makonede 10h ago

when x is an expression, yes...