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Home » Extra libraries, Code snippets, applications etc. » C++ language problems and code snippets » explanation of c++ typedef line
explanation of c++ typedef line [message #18227] Thu, 18 September 2008 03:20 Go to next message
captainc is currently offline  captainc
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Can someone explain to me this line:
typedef tagXYZHANDLE {} * XYZHANDLE;

My interpretation: 'XYZHANDLE is an alias of a pointer to an array of tagXYZHANDLE'? Is this correct?

It's from CodeProject article:
HowTo: Export C++ classes from a DLL
http://lamp.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/howto_export_cpp_classes. aspx


Re: explanation of c++ typedef line [message #18232 is a reply to message #18227] Thu, 18 September 2008 11:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mrjt is currently offline  mrjt
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I don't know, but it doesn't compile. Perhaps an error?
Re: explanation of c++ typedef line [message #18235 is a reply to message #18227] Thu, 18 September 2008 14:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cas_ is currently offline  cas_
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captainc wrote on Thu, 18 September 2008 03:20


My interpretation: 'XYZHANDLE is an alias of a pointer to an array of tagXYZHANDLE'? Is this correct?


No, that would be:
typedef tagXYZHANDLE (*XYZHANDLE)[];
Re: explanation of c++ typedef line [message #18236 is a reply to message #18235] Thu, 18 September 2008 15:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
captainc is currently offline  captainc
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This was one of the comments:
Quote:

typedef void* XYZHANDLE;
typedef void* IJKHANDLE;

is not type safe, since all handle will became mutually replaceable being all void*. (you can assign an XYZ to an IJK).

One way to get around this is to declare a category (empty struct) and point to it.

typedef struct XYZHANDLE_ {} *XYZHANDLE;
typedef struct IJKHANDLE_ {} *IJKHANDLE;


Now IJKHANDLE and XYZHANDLE cannot anymore be assigned each other.


Maybe the author replaced it incorrectly.
Re: explanation of c++ typedef line [message #18237 is a reply to message #18227] Thu, 18 September 2008 16:27 Go to previous message
mr_ped is currently offline  mr_ped
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There are more uncompilable things:
#include "XyzLibrary.h"
extern "C" XYZAPI IXyz* APIENTRY GetXyz();

(i.e. it's probably problem with quality of the article itself)

That line from first post really looks like missing "struct" keyword, that was also my first idea without reading the article.
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