Re: Struct Error

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 1:05:25 +0000, James Kuyper wrote:
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I have many draft versions of the C standard.  n2912.pdf, dated
2022-06-08, says in 6.7.2.1.p3 about struct types that "... the type is
incomplete144) until immediately after the closing brace of the list
defining the content, and complete thereafter."
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Therefore, struct scenet is not a complete type until the closing brace
of it's declaration.
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However, that sentence disappeared in n3047.pdf, dated 2022-08-04.  Can
anyone tell me why it was removed?  With it gone, I'm not sure it is
still considered an incomplete type.

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It seems to have been moved to N3047 6.2.5(25): "[...] A structure or
union type of unknown content (as described in 6.7.2.3) is an incomplete
type.  [...]"  (see here:
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3047.pdf#page=57).