Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 09:35:29AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > : I think it is still there (and my draft copy says the same thing).
> > : I was thinking about the original C89 standard which does not allow it
> > : (and does not allow incomplete array types in structs). Guess I should
> > : have said which standard I was referring to.
> >
> > struct foo {
> > char array[0];
> > };
> >
> > appears to be in C-99 but not C-89. If you have the draft, so far the
> > only thing I've noticed that is different between the draft and the
> > final standard is that there's 10-15 more footnotes in the final
> > standard than were in the final draft.
> >
> > Warner
>
> Are you sure that is in C99?
> What is allowed in C99 (but wasn't in C89) is
>
> struct foo
> {
> int b;
> char array[];
> };
>
> Note that you must have a 'normal' field before the incomplete array.
>
> I don't think
> char array[0];
> is allowed in either of C89 or C99.
Correct on all counts. I'll cite the letter of the law from C99 if
anybody really cares.
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