Parameter typechecking

Mike Stump mrs@apple.com
Fri Nov 22 23:49:00 GMT 2002


On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 01:38 PM, Sampath Peechu wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a way for the compiler to detect a 
> parameter type (defined using typedef) mismatch.

comp.lang.c is a better place to ask such question, but yes, you can 
write your code like this:

typedef struct __myint {
	int i;
} myint;

typedef struct __myshort {
	int i;
} myshort;

and the compiler will happily tell you every time you get the type 
wrong.



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