Cnews on System V/AT: "expression causes compiler loop"

[Henry Spencer]

In article <3056 at splut.conmicro.com> jay at splut.conmicro.com (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) writes:
>"hdrdefs.c", line 49: compiler error: expression causes compiler loop:
>try simplifying

The offsetof() macro has a tendency to stress-test compilers.  Try:

#define offsetof(type, mem) ((int)&((type *)NULL)->mem)

as an alternative.
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