Why is empty struct in C a constraint violation? Why does this rule get changed in C++?
Are there any historical reasons?
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Why is empty struct in C a constraint violation? Why does this rule get changed in C++?
Are there any historical reasons?
since you don’t have inheritance in C you don’t need them. If you just want to have a distinguishable pointer type you can use pointers to incomplete types.
should work fine.