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Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:50:45 -0400
From:	CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
Organization:	Ched Research
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: FILE in stdio.h
References:	<200206262115 DOT g5QLFAN25126 AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> 
> This is in <stdio.h>:
> 
> /* Note that the definitions of these fields are NOT guaranteed!  They
>    may change with any release without notice!  The fact that they
>    are here at all is to comply with ANSI specifictions. */
> 
> typedef struct {
>   int     _cnt;
>   char   *_ptr;
>   char   *_base;
>   size_t  _bufsiz;
>   int     _flag;
>   int     _file;
>   char   *_name_to_remove;
>   size_t  _fillsize;
> } FILE;
> 
> It looks like there's no requirement to reveal the insides of
> FILE in C99.
> 
> Do we want it made into an opaque type?
> 
> Or if I'm wrong, could somebody point out where in the C
> standard the requirement is?

I think it is for practical and implied reasons, rather than
specification.  Without having those fields available it would be
hard to build an efficient getc macro, for example.

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