intellij wrote:
> In the library, like pcm.c I can code like
>
> const char *snd_pcm_name(snd_pcm_t pcm) {
> return pcm->name;
> }
>
> At the same time, the same code in the application causes "dereferencing
> pointer to incomplete type" error. Note, the compiler does not tell that
> there is no such field in the pcm structure. It just thinks that the name
> has another type. Which one?
The type is the same, it's just incomplete (= not yet defined).
The library does this to prevent applications from accessing the fields
so that the API stays binary compatible.
HTH
Clemens
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