Re: Infinite look ahead required by C++?

Stephen Horne <sh006d3592@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
(snip)


> No problem there. But now, let's assume that we want a variable of
> some struct type.


> mystruct x;


> The fact that "mystruct" identifies a type is significant - it is how
> this is recognised as a variable declaration. But how does the parser
> *know* that "mystruct" is a type at all?


(snip)


> C used to require that you write something like...


> struct mystruct x;


I would say that C still does. It is typedef that causes the problem
that you mention, and typedef is commonly used with structure
declarations. You can typedef int just as easily as struct.


-- glen

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