typeof operator in C

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Since typeof is a compiler extension, there is not really a definition for it, but in the tradition of C it would be an operator, e.g sizeof and _Alignof are also seen as an operators.

And you are mistaken, C has dynamic types that are only determined at run time: variable modified (VM) types.

size_t n = strtoull(argv[1], 0, 0);
double A[n][n];
typeof(A) B;

can only be determined at run time.

Add on in 2021: there are good chances that typeof with similar rules as for sizeof will make it into C23.

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