Re: [hackers] [quark] Use sizeof() instead of magic constants || FRIGN

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 09:42:47 +0200

On 5 September 2016 at 09:41, FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 09:37:17 +0200
> Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I disagree. Not using parentheses as sizeof arguments makes it pretty
>> clear, that the expression is *not* about the size of a type, but
>> rather needs to be evaluated. In dwm/dmenu code this has been
>> respected until now for a very long time. I would keep this principle
>> in place for other suckless tools as well.
>
> but this only happens if you typedef your structs, which I think is bad
> practice.

Why is typedef'ing structs bad practice?

-Anselm
Received on Mon Sep 05 2016 - 09:42:47 CEST