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Old 10-13-2016
Help me to understand strange 'typedef ... ' in some source...

Working on some source I've found some strange declaration in included header file.
I am looking for someone's help to understand me that syntax's, as it is fine (it is compiled without any complain,) but for me it seems out of any sense!
Acctually, it warning by CC compiler: " Warning: Implicit int is not supported in C++". That why I have checked that.
Code:
#ifdef WIN32 
typedef (_cdecl *COMPARE_ADDR)(void *,void*); 
#else 
extern "C" { 
typedef (*COMPARE_ADDR)(void *,void*); 
} 
#endif

I see it is preprared for diffrerent OS - Windows or Unix, but neither one 'typedef ..' I could understand

The 'typedef' should have [original_type] that will be reffered by the [user_defined_type].
So, it should be
typedef <initial_type> <new_name_for_initial_type>;

But here it seems as a casting or some function referencing syntax...
I could not understand what that means!

Could anyone give me a hint what that could be?

Thanks!

Last edited by alex_5161; 10-13-2016 at 05:34 PM..
 

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types(5)							File Formats Manual							  types(5)

Name
       types - primitive system data types

Syntax
       #include <sys/types.h>

Description
       The data defined in the include file are used in UNIX system code.  Some data of these are accessible to user code:
       #ifndef _TYPES_
       #define _TYPES_

       /* major part of a device */
       #define major(x)        ((int)(((unsigned)(x)>>8)&0377))

       /* minor part of a device */
       #define minor(x)        ((int)((x)&0377))

       /* make a device number */
       #define makedev(x,y)    ((dev_t)(((x)<<8) | (y)))

       typedef unsigned char   u_char;
       typedef unsigned short  u_short;
       typedef unsigned int    u_int;
       typedef unsigned long   u_long;
       typedef unsigned short  ushort;	       /* sys III compat */

       #ifdef mips
       typedef struct  _physadr { int r[1]; } *physadr;
       typedef struct  label_t {
	       int     val[12];
       } label_t;
       #endif
       typedef struct  _quad { long val[2]; } quad;
       typedef long    daddr_t;
       typedef char *  caddr_t;
       typedef u_long  ino_t;
       typedef long    swblk_t;
       typedef int     size_t;
       typedef int     time_t;
       typedef short   dev_t;
       typedef int     off_t;

       typedef struct  fd_set { int fds_bits[1]; } fd_set;
       #endif

       The  form  daddr_t is used for disk addresses except in an i-node on disk.  For further information, see Times are encoded in seconds since
       00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.  The major and minor parts of a device code specify kind and unit number of a device and	are  installation-
       dependent.   Offsets  are measured in bytes from the beginning of a file.  The label_t variables are used to save the processor state while
       another process is running.

See Also
       dbx(1), lseek(2), time(3), fs(5)

								       RISC								  types(5)
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