I am missing something about structure declarations... .
I am trying to get the size of a structure member using sizeof.
my xml.h file (beware of line wrap):
struct fieldSchedule_t {
uint8_t action;
uint16_t fromBearing, toBearing;
};
my plc.h file:
#define PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N (PLC_BASE)
#define PLC_FIELD_TOBRG (PLC_BASE +
SCHEDLINES*size of(fieldSchedul e_t.action)/PLC_UNIT)
#define PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG (PLC_FIELD_TOBR G +
SCHEDLINES*size of(fieldSchedul e_t.toBearing)/PLC_UNIT)
my .c file:
#include "xml.h"
#include "plc.h"
main() {
printf("%s %d\n%s %d\n%s %d\n",
"PLC_FIELD_ACTI ON", PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N,
"PLC_FIELD_TOBR G", PLC_FIELD_TOBRG ,
"PLC_FIELD_FROM BRG", PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG);
}
The way I understand this, I should be able to get the size of the
member action from the "structure tag" in the declaration.
Alas it isn't so:
[i386]yan@craywb:/home/local/panel/src/xml2plc$ gcc test.c
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:10: error: `fieldSchedule_ t' undeclared (first use in this function)
test.c:10: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
test.c:10: error: for each function it appears in.)
Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without actually
allocating space for that structure?
--Yan 9 6080
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>I am missing something about structure declarations... .
I am trying to get the size of a structure member using sizeof.
my xml.h file (beware of line wrap):
struct fieldSchedule_t {
uint8_t action;
uint16_t fromBearing, toBearing;
};
my plc.h file:
#define PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N (PLC_BASE)
#define PLC_FIELD_TOBRG (PLC_BASE +
SCHEDLINES*size of(fieldSchedul e_t.action)/PLC_UNIT)
#define PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG (PLC_FIELD_TOBR G +
SCHEDLINES*size of(fieldSchedul e_t.toBearing)/PLC_UNIT)
my .c file:
#include "xml.h"
#include "plc.h"
main() {
printf("%s %d\n%s %d\n%s %d\n",
"PLC_FIELD_ACTI ON", PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N,
"PLC_FIELD_TOBR G", PLC_FIELD_TOBRG ,
"PLC_FIELD_FROM BRG", PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG);
}
The way I understand this, I should be able to get the size of the member
action from the "structure tag" in the declaration.
Alas it isn't so:
[i386]yan@craywb:/home/local/panel/src/xml2plc$ gcc test.c
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:10: error: `fieldSchedule_ t' undeclared (first use in this
function)
test.c:10: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
test.c:10: error: for each function it appears in.)
Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without actually
allocating space for that structure?
Horrid code.
I'm glad the compiler choked on it.
There is no nice way of getting the size of a structure member. If it
happens to be a bitfield then it is impossible.
struct fieldSchedule_t temp;
sizeof(temp.toB earing);
will do the trick, as long as you have an instance. Without an instance you
are in the woods.
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Malcolm wrote:
"CptDondo" <ya*@NsOeSiPnAe Mr.comwrote in message
news:12******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com...
>I am missing something about structure declarations... .
I am trying to get the size of a structure member using sizeof.
my xml.h file (beware of line wrap):
struct fieldSchedule_t { uint8_t action; uint16_t fromBearing, toBearing; };
my plc.h file:
#define PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N (PLC_BASE) #define PLC_FIELD_TOBRG (PLC_BASE + SCHEDLINES*siz eof(fieldSchedu le_t.action)/PLC_UNIT) #define PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG (PLC_FIELD_TOBR G + SCHEDLINES*siz eof(fieldSchedu le_t.toBearing)/PLC_UNIT)
my .c file:
#include "xml.h"
#include "plc.h"
main() {
printf("%s %d\n%s %d\n%s %d\n", "PLC_FIELD_ACTI ON", PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N, "PLC_FIELD_TOBR G", PLC_FIELD_TOBRG , "PLC_FIELD_FROM BRG", PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG); }
The way I understand this, I should be able to get the size of the member action from the "structure tag" in the declaration.
Alas it isn't so:
[i386]yan@craywb:/home/local/panel/src/xml2plc$ gcc test.c test.c: In function `main': test.c:10: error: `fieldSchedule_ t' undeclared (first use in this function) test.c:10: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once test.c:10: error: for each function it appears in.)
Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without actually allocating space for that structure?
Horrid code.
I'm glad the compiler choked on it.
Inquiring minds want to know. What is horrid about it?
(Besides the fact that the #define is pretty ugly; but I need to
calculate those locations - and there's no need to do so at runtime.
Although it may be cleaner.)
>
There is no nice way of getting the size of a structure member. If it
happens to be a bitfield then it is impossible.
struct fieldSchedule_t temp;
sizeof(temp.toB earing);
will do the trick, as long as you have an instance. Without an instance you
are in the woods.
OK, that's what I figured, but it makes the code even uglier.
--Yan
CptDondo wrote:
I am missing something about structure declarations... .
I am trying to get the size of a structure member using sizeof.
my xml.h file (beware of line wrap):
struct fieldSchedule_t {
uint8_t action;
uint16_t fromBearing, toBearing;
};
[...]
sizeof(fieldSch edule_t.action)
[...]
[i386]yan@craywb:/home/local/panel/src/xml2plc$ gcc test.c
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:10: error: `fieldSchedule_ t' undeclared (first use in this function)
test.c:10: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
test.c:10: error: for each function it appears in.)
Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without actually
allocating space for that structure?
It's not exactly pretty, but:
sizeof(((struct fieldSchedule_t *) 0)->action)
Harald van Dijk wrote:
>Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without actually allocating space for that structure?
It's not exactly pretty, but:
sizeof(((struct fieldSchedule_t *) 0)->action)
Let's see if I understand that:
(struct fieldSchedule_t *) creates a pointer to a null
then we pull the member from that null structure?
Is that right?
CptDondo wrote:
Harald van Dijk wrote:
Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without actually
allocating space for that structure?
It's not exactly pretty, but:
sizeof(((struct fieldSchedule_t *) 0)->action)
Let's see if I understand that:
(struct fieldSchedule_t *) creates a pointer to a null
then we pull the member from that null structure?
Is that right?
Your wording is questionable at best, I think (the idea of a null
pointer is that it doesn't point to anything), but other than that,
pretty much.
Harald van Dijk wrote:
>>> sizeof(((stru ct fieldSchedule_t *) 0)->action)
Let's see if I understand that:
(struct fieldSchedule_t *) creates a pointer to a null
then we pull the member from that null structure?
Is that right?
Your wording is questionable at best, I think (the idea of a null
pointer is that it doesn't point to anything), but other than that,
pretty much.
:-) I don't know if the english language can express the full range of
C grammar.
Thanks, it works like a charm.
--Yan
CptDondo <ya*@NsOeSiPnAe Mr.comwrites:
I am missing something about structure declarations... .
I am trying to get the size of a structure member using sizeof.
my xml.h file (beware of line wrap):
struct fieldSchedule_t {
uint8_t action;
uint16_t fromBearing, toBearing;
};
my plc.h file:
#define PLC_FIELD_ACTIO N (PLC_BASE)
#define PLC_FIELD_TOBRG (PLC_BASE +
SCHEDLINES*size of(fieldSchedul e_t.action)/PLC_UNIT)
#define PLC_FIELD_FROMB RG (PLC_FIELD_TOBR G +
SCHEDLINES*size of(fieldSchedul e_t.toBearing)/PLC_UNIT)
[snip]
[i386]yan@craywb:/home/local/panel/src/xml2plc$ gcc test.c
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:10: error: `fieldSchedule_ t' undeclared (first use in this function)
test.c:10: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
test.c:10: error: for each function it appears in.)
Is there some way to get the size of a structure member without
actually allocating space for that structure?
Two problems.
First, your declaration creates a type called "struct
fieldSchedule_t ". There is no type called "fieldSchedule_ t". If your
compiler doesn't complain about that, you're probably using a C++
compiler.
Second, the operand of sizeof is either an expression or a
parenthesized type name. Even if fieldSchedule_t is a valid type name
(say, if you declared it as a typedef), the "." operator's left
operand must be an *expression* of some structure (or union) type; it
can't be the type itself.
Harald van D?k (sorry, my newsreader doesn't display his last name
properly) posted a solution involving applying sizeof to the member of
a member of a dereferenced null pointer. This works because the
operand of sizeof is not evaluated (as long as it doesn't involve a
variable length array).
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Malcolm wrote:
[...]
There is no nice way of getting the size of a structure member. If it
happens to be a bitfield then it is impossible.
struct fieldSchedule_t temp;
sizeof(temp.toB earing);
will do the trick, as long as you have an instance. Without an instance you
are in the woods.
Can't you do something like this:
sizeof( ((struct fieldSchedule_t *)NULL)->toBearing )
This works on my system, but I don't know if it's legal.
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Malcolm posted:
There is no nice way of getting the size of a structure member. If it
happens to be a bitfield then it is impossible.
How about something like:
typedef struct SomeStruct { int a; char b; } SomeStruct;
SomeStruct Func(void) {}
int main(void)
{
sizeof Func().member;
}
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