Hi Glynn, On 8/4/06, Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No. An anonymous structure has an unknown size, so the compiler cannot generate code to copy them. Anonymous structures are only useful as pointer targets, i.e. "struct A *foo". You can pass around pointers to structures without knowing the size of the structure, although you can't dereference them.
If we can't dereference them, then what would be the use of such a call ? Can you cite a example for the above scenario ? -- Raseel. http://osd.byethost8.com http://raseel.livejournal.com - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html