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32 .Dt __BUILTIN_OBJECT_SIZE 3
35 .Nm __builtin_object_size
36 .Nd return the size of the given object
39 .Fn __builtin_object_size "void *ptr" "int type"
42 .Fn __builtin_object_size
45 built-in function that returns the size of the
47 object if known at compile time and the object does not have any side
50 If the size of the object is not known or it has side effects the
51 .Fn __builtin_object_size
53 .Bl -tag -width (size_t)-1 -offset indent
68 If the size of the object is known, then the
69 .Fn __builtin_object_size
70 function returns the maximum size of all the objects that the compiler
71 knows that they can be pointed to by
76 and the minimum size when
81 .Xr __builtin_return_address 3 ,
86 .Fn __builtin_object_size
90 This is a non-standard, compiler-specific extension.