From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: What happened to sizeof()?
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 20:34:50 -0700
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Fred Smith wrote:

> It's not a function (though it DOES look like one), it's a
> compile-time
> service.

It doesn't have to look like one.  You only need to use parentheses when
the argument is a type, rather than a variable.

    int i;

    printf("sizeof i = %d\n", sizeof i);       /* the size of i */
    printf("sizeof(int) = %d\n", sizeof(int)); /* the size of an int */


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