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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2014-08-25 15:33:13 +0200
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2014-08-25 15:33:13 +0200
commitf762ee6d16ccdd40317608b11e685e2f17c06f22 (patch)
tree8424afe37359fbcde2e014eda338869947e11c2e /doc/user/sconf.xml
parent02292cfec56d773f3e3e8607f5b7f76f97c9c874 (diff)
parent16bc58049adac72cb1f398d9f89e42757bb4a22f (diff)
Merge tag 'upstream/2.3.3'
Upstream version 2.3.3
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@@ -282,6 +282,26 @@ env = conf.Finish()
</sconstruct>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Checking the size of a datatype</title>
+ <para>
+ Check the size of a datatype by using the &CheckTypeSize; method:
+ </para>
+
+ <sconstruct>
+env = Environment()
+conf = Configure(env)
+int_size = conf.CheckTypeSize('unsigned int')
+print 'sizeof unsigned int is', int_size
+env = conf.Finish()
+ </sconstruct>
+
+ <screen>
+% <userinput>scons -Q</userinput>
+sizeof unsigned int is 4
+scons: `.' is up to date.
+ </screen>
+ </section>
<section>
<title>Adding Your Own Custom Checks</title>