Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: typedef gripe Message-ID: <244@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 01:08:43 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.244 Posted: Sat Oct 6 01:08:43 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 21:49:16 EDT References: <22286ae4.8e4@apollo.uucp> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 19 One can always (sigh) cheat and write typedef struct { int a[10]; } jmp_buf; There is an obvious problem with changing the language such that typedef int foo[10]; makes ``foo'' a type which is considered a unit (like structs and unions and basic types), and that is that it would probably break quite a bit of existing code. -- (This mind accidently left blank.) In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland