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Re: sizeof(function)


Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> said:
> The following program outputs 1: 
> 
> main()
> {
> 	printf("%d\n",sizeof(main));
> }	
> 
> Why does it not give an error ? The c9x draft does not seem to define
> this case, but surely it should at least warn about this.

Whenever you mention a function without calling it, you get a pointer to
the function, isn't it? 1 is wrong in any case.
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