On Jul 7, 2003, Ben Davis <bndavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Besides, sizeof is supposed to return a compile-time >> constant, but the size of a function is most often only known at >> assembly time, or, worse, at link time, in case linker relaxations are >> available. And don't even get me started on ELF dynamic library >> symbol binding and replacement rules :-) > Well, the same mechanism that resolves references might be able to resolve > function sizes too, if the linker is built to handle this. Just a thought :) References aren't compile-time constants. Or, more precisely, they aren't integral constants, usable wherever an integral constant is. E.g., in case labels, enumeration constant assignments, global array sizes, etc. -- Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Red Hat GCC Developer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} CS PhD student at IC-Unicamp oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist Professional serial bug killer
