using struct pointer before declaration

[Serve Laurijssen]

How can I get the following to compile?

typedef struct Y
{
void (*f)(X *x);
} Y;

typedef struct X
{
int x;
} X;

Just forward declaring X doesn't work and I can't put the word struct before
X, because the code is generated.

[Eric]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration

Serve Laurijssen <ik@hier.nl> wrote:
[color=blue]
> typedef struct Y
> {
> void (*f)(X *x);
> } Y;
>
> typedef struct X
> {
> int x;
> } X;[/color]

Did you try:

typedef struct X
{
int x;
} X;

typedef struct Y
{
void (*f)(X *x);
} Y;

?

Famous last words: Works for me.


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[Eric Sosman]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration

Serve Laurijssen wrote:[color=blue]
>
> How can I get the following to compile?
>
> typedef struct Y
> {
> void (*f)(X *x);
> } Y;
>
> typedef struct X
> {
> int x;
> } X;
>
> Just forward declaring X doesn't work and I can't put the word struct before
> X, because the code is generated.[/color]

The only way to get the code to compile as it stands
is to use a compiler for some non-C language.

An obvious way to fix it is to move the declaration of
`X' so it appears before the first use. But since you say
that another obvious fix isn't allowable, it's not clear
that this fix is applicable, either.

Fixing the program that generates the code is another
possibility.

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[Pieter Droogendijk]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:25:49 +0200
"Serve Laurijssen" <ik@hier.nl> wrote:
[color=blue]
> How can I get the following to compile?
>
> typedef struct Y
> {
> void (*f)(X *x);
> } Y;
>
> typedef struct X
> {
> int x;
> } X;[/color]

You probably mean a solution like this:

typedef struct Y Y;
typedef struct X X;

struct Y {
void (*f)(X *x);
};

struct X {
int x;
};

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[Nick Austin]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:25:49 +0200, "Serve Laurijssen" <ik@hier.nl>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>How can I get the following to compile?
>
>typedef struct Y
>{
> void (*f)(X *x);
>} Y;
>
>typedef struct X
>{
> int x;
>} X;[/color]

You could just swap the order of both typedefs. Or:

struct X;
typedef struct X X;

typedef struct Y
{
void (*f)(X *x);
} Y;

struct X
{
int x;
};

Nick.

[Arthur J. O'Dwyer]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration


On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Serve Laurijssen wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Pieter Droogendijk" <gin@binky.home unix.org> wrote in message[color=green]
> >
> > typedef struct Y Y;
> > typedef struct X X;
> >
> > struct Y {
> > void (*f)(X *x);
> > };
> >
> > struct X {
> > int x;
> > };[/color]
>
> This certainly looks like it's working. I don't mean to be an ass, but
> it is correct C right?[/color]

Yes.

[Jarno A Wuolijoki]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Eric Sosman wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
> > How can I get the following to compile?
> > ...[/color]
>
> The only way to get the code to compile as it stands
> is to use a compiler for some non-C language.
> Fixing the program that generates the code is another
> possibility.[/color]

Hmmm.. generalizing:

generatecode foo.almostc
fixcode foo.almostc foo.c
cc foo.c

The two first lines are the fixed generator and the last
two a non-C compiler.

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

Re: using struct pointer before declaration

In 'comp.lang.c', "Serve Laurijssen" <ik@hier.nl> wrote:
[color=blue]
> How can I get the following to compile?
>
> typedef struct Y
> {
> void (*f)(X *x);
> } Y;
>
> typedef struct X
> {
> int x;
> } X;
>
> Just forward declaring X doesn't work and I can't put the word struct
> before X, because the code is generated.[/color]

Sounds obvious, but wat's wrong with:

typedef struct
{
int x;
}
X;

typedef struct
{
void (*f)(X *x);
}
Y;

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