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		ufo on March 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds on where Rust will fit into Linux Some explanation from Linus about how this trick works: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/20/845

120bits on March 23, 2021 [–]

"sizeof((void )1)"

"- this will break the minds of everybody who ever sees that expression."

It indeed broke my mind!

Koshkin on March 24, 2021 | [–]

I am sure you meant

  sizeof((void*)1)

alblue on March 24, 2021 | | [–]

Given the italics, it wouldn’t surprise me if the original was in fact:

sizeof(*(void*)1)

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