STDDEF.H(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual STDDEF.H(7)
NAME
stddef.h —
standard type definitions
SYNOPSIS
#include <stddef.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <stddef.h> header defines the
following:
- NULL
- Null pointer constant.
- offsetof(type, member-designator)
-
Integral constant expression of type size_t , the value of which is the offset in bytes to the structure member ( member-designator ), from the beginning of its structure ( type ).
The <stddef.h> header defines through typedef:
- ptrdiff_t
- Signed integral type of the result of subtracting two pointers.
- wchar_t
- Integral type whose range of values can represent distinct wide-character codes for all members of the largest character set specified among the locales supported by the compilation environment: the null character has the code value 0 and each member of the Portable Character Set has a code value equal to its value when used as the lone character in an integer character constant.
- size_t
- Unsigned integral type of the result of the sizeof operator.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
February 1997 posix.fail