Can this macro be converted to a function?

Question

While refactoring code and ridding myself of all those #defines that we\'re now taught to hate, I came across this beauty used to calculate the number of elements in a struc

Answer 1

Yes it can be made a template in C++

template 
size_t getTypeSize()
{
   return sizeof(T)/sizeof(*T);
}

to use:

struct JibbaJabba
{
   int int1;
   float f;
};

int main()
{
    cout << "sizeof JibbaJabba is " << getTypeSize() << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

See BCS's post above or below about a cool way to do this with a class at compile time using some light template metaprogramming.