Like any other structure. Example:
typedef struct Example {
struct Example *next;
} Example;
Example e1, e2;
e1.next= &e2;
e2.next= NULL;
It is exactly what it sounds like: a structure which contains a reference to itself. A common occurrence of this is in a structure which describes a node for a linked list. Each node needs a reference to the next node in the chain. struct linked_list_node { int data; struct linked_list_node *next; // <- self reference };
A self-referential function in C++, or in any other supporting language, is a recursive function.
Pointer, eg: struct Person { struct Person *father, *mother, *spouse; int age; char *name; };
As an example in self-referential paradox, the answer is NO!
The suffix "meta" means beyond, transcending, or self-referential. It is often used to indicate something that is of a higher level or involving a critical examination of its own structure or underlying assumptions.
C is not an object-oriented language so it doesn't have classes of have any kind, it only has types. However, a self-referential type is simply a type that refers to itself. Nodes in a linked list are self-referential types because they hold a reference (a pointer) to the next node in the list: typedef struct node {node* next;/* ... */};
self-referential encoding effect.
A form of criticism which views the literary text as a self-contained verbal structure. Akin to the New_Criticism, contextualism holds that a work of art generates self-referential meanings within its own internal and autonomous context. Its proponents include Cleanth Brooks, Eliseo Vivas, and Murray Krieger.
"That's so meta" refers to something that is self-referential or self-aware in a clever or ironic way. It often involves commenting on the nature of the thing itself within the thing itself.
A shell structure supports its self and a frame structure does not support it self.
the foreign key referential between two tables.
Autopoiesis is a term coined by biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela to describe the self-organizing nature of living systems. It refers to the ability of an organism to continuously self-produce and self-maintain its organization through interactions with its environment. In essence, autopoietic systems are self-referential and self-sustaining.