From 5871987961218305181 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ede379f5dbbc1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: "Greg Brewer" Subject: Re: Suggestion: "typeof" keyword Date: 1999/08/11 Message-ID: <7oq2c0$151s$1@news.hal-pc.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 511350529 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <7nt3vl$1oe$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:33:46 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 934352589 22218 128.250.29.17 (11 Aug 1999 06:23:09 GMT) Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users, Inc. X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN7EWvuEDnX0m9pzZAQGVNgF/Z8pcbTUk4fEltdaAHFzYmYUXV1C83tBJ FROKPLGv0dAHG8MTMh9GTtrdFVTCSvRa =aZVL X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Aug 1999 06:23:09 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ wrote in message news:7nt3vl$1oe$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > I have in mind a keyword, typeof, which would yield the type > of an expression. Like its cousin "sizeof," typeof would not > actually evaluate anything at run-time. I love this idea. I've been arguing with people about it in the Borland C++ language newsgroup. For some reason, there were some people that were down right hostile to the idea. Greg Brewer --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]