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//<br />
// RtlpNumberOf is a function that takes a reference to an array of N Ts.<br />
//<br />
// typedef T array_of_T[N];<br />
// typedef array_of_T &reference_to_array_of_T;<br />
//<br />
// RtlpNumberOf returns a pointer to an array of N chars.<br />
// We could return a reference instead of a pointer but older compilers do not accept that.<br />
//<br />
// typedef char array_of_char[N];<br />
// typedef array_of_char *pointer_to_array_of_char;<br />
//<br />
// sizeof(array_of_char) == N<br />
// sizeof(*pointer_to_array_of_char) == N<br />
//<br />
// pointer_to_array_of_char RtlpNumberOf(reference_to_array_of_T);<br />
//<br />
// We never even call RtlpNumberOf, we just take the size of dereferencing its return type.<br />
// We do not even implement RtlpNumberOf, we just decare it.<br />
//<br />
// Attempts to pass pointers instead of arrays to this macro result in compile time errors.<br />
// That is the point.<br />
//<br />
extern "C++" // templates cannot be declared to have 'C' linkage<br />
template <typename t,="" size_t="" n=""><br />
char (*RtlpNumberOf( UNALIGNED T (&)[N] ))[N];<br />
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#define RTL_NUMBER_OF_V2(A) (sizeof(*RtlpNumberOf(A)))</typename>