offsetof
| Defined in header  <cstddef> | ||
| #define offsetof(type, member) /*implementation-defined*/ | ||
The macro offsetof expands to an integral constant expression of type std::size_t, the value of which is the offset, in bytes, from the beginning of an object of specified type to its specified member, including padding if any.
If type is not a standard layout type, the behavior is undefined.
If member is a static member or a member function, the behavior is undefined.
The offset of the first member of a standard-layout type is always zero (empty-base optimization is mandatory).
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[edit] Exceptions
offsetof throws no exceptions; the expression noexcept(offsetof(type, member)) always evaluates to true.
[edit] Notes
offsetof is required to work as specified above, even if unary operator& is overloaded for any of the types involved. This cannot be implemented in standard C++ and requires compiler support.
[edit] Example
#include <iostream> #include <cstddef> struct S { char c; double d; }; int main() { std::cout << "the first element is at offset " << offsetof(S, c) << '\n' << "the double is at offset " << offsetof(S, d) << '\n'; }
Possible output:
the first element is at offset 0 the double is at offset 8
[edit] See also
| unsigned integer type returned by the sizeof operator (typedef) | |
| (C++11) | checks if a type is standard-layout type (class template) | 
| C documentation for offsetof | |


