Q39343: Sizeof an Undeclared Struct Causes Violation in OS/2

Article: Q39343
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 29-DEC-1988

The code below causes a General Protection Violation under OS/2 when
compiled with Version 5.10 of the C compiler. The code contains an
error; it attempts to determine the size of an undeclared structure
"q_block" using the sizeof() function.

This problem does not exist if the code error is corrected or if the
include file (OS2.H) is left out.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Version 5.10. We are
researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes
available.

The following code demonstrates the problem:

#define   INCL_BASE
#include  <os2.h>

struct  q_blok  {
    char          data[80];
    };

int   add_to_queue( int num, char *pd )
{
  size = sizeof (struct q_block) ;   /* error: should read 'q_blok' */

  /* size = sizeof (struct q_blok) ;    Corrected code.             */
}

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