On Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 11:55:01 UTC, bearophile wrote:
NoUseForAName:Thanks, that is what I was looking for.Why do you need a public pointer type but private struct type?
As the OP wrote:
In C my favorite way of achieving encapsulation is to use incomplete types.
(Also known as PIMPL.)In C, it's the only type-safe way to get encapsulation, AFAIK. In languages with access protection, it's probably not as useful, but I'm sure it has its applications...
