Re: [Tinycc-devel] [ RFC] About packing two infos in a long v2

[Jared Maddox]

> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:34:51 +0100
> From: grischka <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: [Tinycc-devel] [ RFC] About packing two infos in a long
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>  > +    typeof(s1->sym_attrs) tab;
>
> Is this C?  Note that not just GCC and TCC might be used to compile
> tcc.  (E.g. more recent MS compilers from the VCExpress editions used
> to work)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --- grischka
>

I was certain that they added typeof in C11, but apparently I had
confused it with alignof. It's somewhat surprising, since sizeof
should require the same data, and it should be useful in macros.

A quick google for "msvc typeof" produced this:
http://www.nedproductions.biz/blog/implementing-typeof-in-microsofts-c-compiler
So, apparently on MSVC it can be done by resorting to C++ gimmicks,
but I agree that it shouldn't used be in TCC's actual source code.