self contained pointers to structures

[Andrew Koenig]

In article <10350 at attctc.Dallas.TX.US>, bobc at attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Bob Calbridge) writes:
> I tried to implement it like this:

> struct event {
> 	int	timing:
> 	int	count;
> 	struct	event *next;
> };

> Of course, the compiler complains because the definition of the structure is
> incomplete at that point.

If your compiler rejects this, it's badly broken.

There's nothing wrong with declaring a pointer to an (as yet)
unknown structure.
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