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40: .Dd April 22, 2002
41: .Dt STRUCTS_TYPE_NULL 3
42: .Os
43: .Sh NAME
44: .Nm structs_type_null
45: .Nd non-instantiable structs type
46: .Sh LIBRARY
47: PDEL Library (libpdel, \-lpdel)
48: .Sh SYNOPSIS
49: .In sys/types.h
50: .In pdel/structs/structs.h
51: .In pdel/structs/type/null.h
52: .Vt extern const struct structs_type structs_type_null ;
53: .Sh DESCRIPTION
54: The
55: .Nm structs_type_null
56: .Xr structs 3
57: type is not instantiable.
58: All of the
59: .Xr structs_type 3
60: methods return an error with
61: .Va errno
62: set to
63: .Er ENOTSUPP .
64: .Pp
65: This type is useful for special situations, such as defining an
66: array that must have zero length.
67: .Sh SEE ALSO
68: .Xr libpdel 3 ,
69: .Xr structs 3 ,
70: .Xr structs_type 3
71: .Sh HISTORY
72: The PDEL library was developed at Packet Design, LLC.
73: .Dv "http://www.packetdesign.com/"
74: .Sh AUTHORS
75: .An Archie Cobbs Aq archie@freebsd.org
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