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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Struct Error
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:14:35 +0200
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:14:00 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

> 
> Is it just because such pointers HAVE to work, otherwise 
> self-referential structs become impossible?

More important use case of poiner to incomplete struct is for abstract
types with implementation completely hidden from the user.