Yes, it is C++ type specifier ( part "C++11" extensions) but we could compile our C code to use it. I came across a custom implementation of "typeof" (but C++ too): http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/boost/typeof/msvc/typeof_impl.hpp
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 8:12 AM To: Eitan Eliahu Cc: Gurucharan Shetty; dev@openvswitch.org; Gurucharan Shetty Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH 3/3] Avoid uninitialized variable warnings with OBJECT_OFFSETOF() in MSVC. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 02:11:00PM +0000, Eitan Eliahu wrote: > [2] The usage of the decltype does work with of a built in VS project I > created: > #define OBJECT_OFFSETOF(OBJECT, MEMBER) \ > ((LONG)(LONG_PTR)&((decltype(OBJECT))0)->MEMBER) > I think it is the right way to implement it. But, this keyword "decltype" is > ignored by the compiler when above macro is used in the OVS source base. I > don't know the reason for it but it might be related to custom compilation > options we use (or others we don't use). decltype is a C++ keyword I believe. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev