From: Peter.Chubb at data61.csiro.au <Peter.Chubb@data61.csiro.au>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] "_ENTRY" is both a struct and a typedef?
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 20:34:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <84shta9lmb.wl-Peter.Chubb@data61.csiro.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1609081230190.20232@localhost.localdomain>
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert P J Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> writes:
Robert> from lib/hashtable.c:
Robert> typedef struct _ENTRY { int used; ENTRY entry; } _ENTRY;
Robert> ok, that's just kind of creepy ... defining a typedef over top
Robert> of a struct of the same name. does anyone else find that
Robert> strange?
It's standard practice in some C styles. Personally I'd delete the
struct tag, as the typedef should be used everywhere instead.
Peter C
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-08 16:31 [U-Boot] "_ENTRY" is both a struct and a typedef? Robert P. J. Day
2016-09-08 20:34 ` Peter.Chubb at data61.csiro.au [this message]
2016-09-09 11:15 ` Måns Rullgård
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