using sizeof operator

Daniel Baluta daniel.baluta at gmail.com
Sun Jan 22 15:21:20 EST 2012


On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Sukrit Sangwan
<sukritsangwan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found an instance where sizeof(struct xyz) is used instead of
> sizeof(variablename).
> I want to ask if it would be appropriate to contact the author about the
> same.

Well, this doesn't really matter, but the recommended practice is to use
sizeof(*pointer);

Please keep intact Cc's list.

thanks,
Daniel.



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