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-rw-r--r--Modules/CheckTypeSize.cmake5
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diff --git a/Modules/CheckTypeSize.cmake b/Modules/CheckTypeSize.cmake
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@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
# size check automatically includes the available headers, thus
# supporting checks of types defined in the headers.
#
+# Despite the name of the macro you may use it to check the size of
+# more complex expressions, too. To check e.g. for the size of a struct
+# member you can do something like this:
+# check_type_size("((struct something*)0)->member" SIZEOF_MEMBER)
+#
# The following variables may be set before calling this macro to
# modify the way the check is run:
#