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Date: Sun,  1 Jul 2012 20:21:11 -0400
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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Charles Forsyth
<charles.forsyth@gmail.com>wrote:

> Even better might be to do neither: eliminate support for void data, and
> give the declaration a type that doesn't provoke so much discussion.
> It's just a placeholder.
>
> On 1 July 2012 23:32, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I was assuming the same approach as for the existing void data
>> declaration, that the structure is given a nominal size,
>> for just the reasons you give.  (That's what gcc seems to do.)
>>
>
I don't know where this will lead for 8c et al, so I'll throw it out there
anyway in the spirit of placeholders:

   int : 0;

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Charles Forsyth <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:charles.forsyth@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">charles.forsyth@g=
mail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex">
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ve the declaration a type that doesn&#39;t provoke so much discussion.<div>=
It&#39;s just a placeholder.<div class=3D"im"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
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On 1 July 2012 23:32, Charles Forsyth <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:charles.forsyth@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">charles.forsyth@gmail.com</=
a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Yes, I was assuming the same approach a=
s for the existing void data declaration, that the structure is given a nom=
inal size,<div>

for just the reasons you give. =A0(That&#39;s what gcc seems to do.)</div><=
/div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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so I&#39;ll throw it out there anyway in the spirit of placeholders:<div><b=
r></div><div>=A0 =A0int : 0;<br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Gr=
eg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta!</div>
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puting.com/tryitout" target=3D"_blank">http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryit=
out</a></div><div>World Class Compilers: =A0Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, =
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