I have to write an algorithm that decides if two structs are structurally equivalent. This is more theory that real programming so pseudo-code in something that sort of looks like C would be fine. Basically I have to compare scalers, arrays, pointers, and structs. So if anyone can provide any help or hints it would be greatly appreciated.
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Well, that makes sense that you can't directly compare them, I guess that's why I have to write it myself, field by field. Thanks for the link though.
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>I have to write an algorithm that decides if two structs are structurally equivalent.
#define equivalent(a,b) ( sizeof ( a ) == sizeof ( b ) )It's as simple as that. Since you didn't specify what you mean by "structurally equivalent", we're free to assume that a byte is a byte and if the size of the structures are the same then they're structurally equivalent.
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