Re: [HACKERS] static assertions in C++

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 12/11/17 16:45, Tom Lane wrote:
>> (BTW, why is it that we can't fall back on the negative-width-bitfield
>> trick for old g++?)

> The complaint is
> error: types may not be defined in 'sizeof' expressions

Hmm, well, surely there's more than one way to do that; the sizeof
is just a convenient way to wrap it in C.  Wouldn't a typedef serve
just as well?

(Googling the topic shows that this wheel has been invented
before, BTW.)

            regards, tom lane