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How can I use "sizeof" in a preprocessor macro?

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Is there any way to use a sizeof in a preprocessor macro?

For example, there have been a ton of situations over the years in which I wanted to do something like:

#if sizeof(someThing) != PAGE_SIZE
#error Data structure doesn't match page size
#endif

The exact thing I'm checking here is completely made up - the point is, I often like to put in these types of (size or alignment) compile-time checks to guard against someone modifying a data-structure which could misalign or re-size things which would break them.

Needless to say - I don't appear to be able to use a sizeof in the manner described above.


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