Re: Infinite look ahead required by C++?

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:02:18 +0000 (UTC), glen herrmannsfeldt
<gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:


>Stephen Horne <sh006d3592@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>(snip)


>> C used to require that you write something like...
>
>> struct mystruct x;
>
>I would say that C still does. It is typedef that causes the problem
>that you mention, and typedef is commonly used with structure
>declarations. You can typedef int just as easily as struct.


OK - it's been over a decade since I last used C. C++ doesn't require
the "typedef", so you get the issue either way.

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