From: j.neuschaefer@gmx.net (Jonathan Neuschäfer)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: using sizeof operator
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:09:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120122190908.GA1548@debian.debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF5YyJPkrX9PBZCc5O8xQfFX5et5UnB6ka6Hv1Lco=L84M1VyA@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:58:30PM +0530, Sukrit Sangwan wrote:
> also i want to ask why not use simply 8 instead of sizeof(u8).
That would be 1 most of the time. sizeof returns the size in bytes
(according to the C reference manual in K&R's book).
Apart from that, sizeof(u8) is more explicit about the intention.
HTH,
Jonathan Neusch?fer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-22 19:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-22 18:14 using sizeof operator Sukrit Sangwan
2012-01-22 18:27 ` Daniel Baluta
[not found] ` <CAF5YyJMJN7ZZMuP-K7Bp2W7dVHd8sGeoeK_+1A2ho+FtWD2Fww@mail.gmail.com>
2012-01-22 20:21 ` Daniel Baluta
2012-01-22 18:28 ` Sukrit Sangwan
2012-01-22 19:09 ` Jonathan Neuschäfer [this message]
2012-01-23 10:42 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
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