How would I implement something similar to the Objective-C @encode() compiler directive in ANSI C?

Question

The @encode directive returns a const char * which is a coded type descriptor of the various elements of the datatype that was passed in. Example follows:

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Answer 1

You would implement this by implementing the ANSI C compiler first and then add some implementation specific pragmas and functions to it.

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