Oh, no... I'm dumb.
typedef struct {
int x;
} b;
int a(b *param)
{
return printf("%d\n", b->x);
}
int print_number(int c)
{
return a(&(b){c});
}
-----Original Message-----
From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Austin, Alex
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:13 PM
To: John Carter; me22
Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: A little bit of C fun...
A guess:
b is a type, and a is a function that takes a pointer to a function that returns b?
-----Original Message-----
From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Carter
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:38 PM
To: me22
Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: A little bit of C fun...
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, me22 wrote:
> Use the preprocessor. Otherwise you can't get braces inside parens.
Nope. I didn't use preprocessor. But warped kudos to you for thinking
of it.
Since you are all struggling, I'll make it easier for you.
I shorten it by one character....
a(&(b){})
... (but then it does something subtly more that the previous
one...oooh I'm evil!)
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