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Re: What exactly does is_variable_sized test for?
On Feb 22, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Amittai Aviram <amittai.Aviram@yale.edu> writes:
>
>> Unpacking the macros, I get
>> return !expr->common.type->type.size_unit->base.constant_flag;
> By the way, don't try to unpack the macros. Instead, look for the
> definitions in tree.h and read the comments there. Unpacking the macros
> is complicated and is far more confusing than helpful.
>
> Ian
Thanks a lot for the information and the advice. I do have to unpack the macros sometimes when I want to verify a value while running GCC under GDB.
Amittai Aviram
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