Re: #define GEVHDRSZ ( offsetof(GistEntryVector, vector[0]) ) explanation please

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:53:23AM -0500, jorge alberto wrote:
> hi!
> Can you tell me what does this line means
> #define GEVHDRSZ    ( offsetof(GistEntryVector, vector[0]) )
>
> #ifndef offsetof
> #define offsetof(type, field)   ((long) &((type *)0)->field)
> #endif   /* offsetof */

It's defining the GEVHDRSZ constant to be the offset of the vector
field in the GistEntryVector structure.

The offsetof definition is for systems that don't define it already. It
cleverly determines the offset by asking for the address of the vector
field if the structure is placed at address zero.

Have a nice day,
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