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-rw-r--r--Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py19
-rw-r--r--tests/compile/ctypedefstruct.pyx3
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py b/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py
index bd583d80b..404b2c4ac 100644
--- a/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py
+++ b/Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py
@@ -784,11 +784,30 @@ class CStructOrUnionDefNode(StatNode):
self.entry = env.declare_struct_or_union(
self.name, self.kind, scope, self.typedef_flag, self.pos,
self.cname, visibility = self.visibility)
+ need_typedef_indirection = False
if self.attributes is not None:
if self.in_pxd and not env.in_cinclude:
self.entry.defined_in_pxd = 1
for attr in self.attributes:
attr.analyse_declarations(env, scope)
+ for attr in scope.var_entries:
+ type = attr.type
+ while type.is_array:
+ type = type.base_type
+ if type == self.entry.type:
+ error(attr.pos, "Struct cannot contain itself as a member.")
+ if self.typedef_flag:
+ while type.is_ptr:
+ type = type.base_type
+ if type == self.entry.type:
+ need_typedef_indirection = True
+ if need_typedef_indirection and self.visibility != 'extern':
+ # C can't handle typedef structs that refer to themselves.
+ struct_entry = self.entry
+ cname = env.new_const_cname()
+ self.entry = env.declare_typedef(self.name, struct_entry.type, self.pos, cname = self.cname, visibility='ignore')
+ struct_entry.type.typedef_flag = False
+ struct_entry.cname = struct_entry.type.cname = env.new_const_cname()
def analyse_expressions(self, env):
pass
diff --git a/tests/compile/ctypedefstruct.pyx b/tests/compile/ctypedefstruct.pyx
index b52c215ad..825583ecd 100644
--- a/tests/compile/ctypedefstruct.pyx
+++ b/tests/compile/ctypedefstruct.pyx
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ cdef order order1
order1.spam = 7
order1.eggs = 2
+ctypedef struct linked:
+ int a
+ linked *next