The program

import std.stdio;
import std.string;

void main ()
{
writefln("Sizeof(void)="~toString(void.sizeof));
}

compiles and outputs "sizeof(void)=1". Is this supposed to happen? I mean, in C, it is an error to request sizeof(void) (compiler fails).

orgoton wrote:
> The program
> 
> import std.stdio;
> import std.string;
> 
> void main ()
> {
> writefln("Sizeof(void)="~toString(void.sizeof));
> }
> 
> compiles and outputs "sizeof(void)=1". Is this supposed to happen? I mean, in C, it is an error to request sizeof(void) (compiler fails).

Yes, it is supposed to happen. I can't find a Walter quote or documentation for it, but IIRC void.sizeof is defined as 1 in order for void arrays to work properly.

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>
> Yes, it is supposed to happen. I can't find a Walter quote or
> documentation for
> it, but IIRC void.sizeof is defined as 1 in order for void arrays to work
> properly.
>

I want to say it's defined as the smallest addressable type on the system. Like you said, I don't remember where that was mentioned.