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Does the sizeof operator work in preprocessor if directives?

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Does the sizeof operator work in preprocessor if directives?

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A

No. Preprocessing happens during an earlier phase of compilation, before type names have been parsed. Instead of sizeof, consider using the predefined constants in ANSI's <limits.h>, if applicable, or perhaps a ``configure'' script. (Better yet, try to write code which is inherently insensitive to type sizes;

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