• Dan Liebgold (6/6) Feb 24 2003 What I would like to have is a .offsetof() property fo...
• Achilleas Margaritis (7/13) Feb 24 2003 Good idea. Maybe it can be done in an OO way as a static property:
• Walter (6/11) Feb 24 2003 struct

Dan Liebgold <Dan_member pathlink.com> writes:

What I would like to have is a <type>.offsetof(<datamember>) property for struct
or union types. In C/C++ the preprocessor is used for this purpose, for example
(from windows):

#define FIELD_OFFSET(type, field)    ((ulong)(ulong*)&(((type *)0)->field))

Is there currently a way to do this in D?

Dan

"Achilleas Margaritis" <axilmar in.gr> writes:

Good idea. Maybe it can be done in an OO way as a static property:

<struct>.<member>.offset

"Dan Liebgold" <Dan_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:b3cluc$23e8$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 What I would like to have is a <type>.offsetof(<datamember>) property for

struct
 or union types. In C/C++ the preprocessor is used for this purpose, for

example
 (from windows):

 #define FIELD_OFFSET(type, field)    ((ulong)(ulong*)&(((type

*)0)->field))
 Is there currently a way to do this in D?

 Dan

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Dan Liebgold" <Dan_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:b3cluc$23e8$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 What I would like to have is a <type>.offsetof(<datamember>) property for

struct
 or union types. In C/C++ the preprocessor is used for this purpose, for

example
 (from windows):

 #define FIELD_OFFSET(type, field)    ((ulong)(ulong*)&(((type

*)0)->field))
 Is there currently a way to do this in D?

Yes; tag.member.offset should do it. -Walter