authorgravatar for andrew@ziglang.orgAndrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org> 2019-04-04 01:23:41-04:00
committergravatar for andrew@ziglang.orgAndrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org> 2019-04-04 01:23:41-04:00
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docs: complete the documentation for extern struct

closes #1522

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doc/langref.html.in+2
...@@ -2127,6 +2127,8 @@ test "linked list" {...@@ -2127,6 +2127,8 @@ test "linked list" {
2127 {#header_open|extern struct#}2127 {#header_open|extern struct#}
2128 <p>An {#syntax#}extern struct{#endsyntax#} has in-memory layout guaranteed to match the2128 <p>An {#syntax#}extern struct{#endsyntax#} has in-memory layout guaranteed to match the
2129 C ABI for the target.</p>2129 C ABI for the target.</p>
2130 <p>This kind of struct should only be used for compatibility with the C ABI. Every other
2131 use case should be solved with {#link|packed struct#} or normal {#link|struct#}.</p>
2130 {#see_also|extern union|extern enum#}2132 {#see_also|extern union|extern enum#}
2131 {#header_close#}2133 {#header_close#}
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