> > I've updated my VC++ build env with latest CVS, and it no longer
> > builds because of changes to GIST:
> >
> > src\backend\access\gist\gistutil.c(237) : error C2057:
> > expected constant expression
> > src\backend\access\gist\gistutil.c(237) : error C2466:
> cannot allocate
> > an array of constant size 0
> > src\backend\access\gist\gistutil.c(237) : error C2133: 'storage' :
> > unknown size
> >
> >
> > The problem appears to come from:
> > #define GEVHDRSZ (offsetof(GistEntryVector, vector[0]))
> >
> > Which can't be used in this context.
> >
> > What would be the proper fix for that?
>
> Hmm. Now that I look at it more clearly, it seems Hiroshi has
> a fix for this in his submitted patch (that still had a lot
> of other problems in the rest of it). I'm not sure if it's
> the proper fix, but it's there.
While I'm spamming everybody anyway, here's another thing that might fix
it? This one compiles and tests, and I *think* it does the right
thing... If it's correct, I think it looks like a cleaner solution.
//Magnus
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/access/gist.h,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -c -r1.52 gist.h
*** src/include/access/gist.h 5 Mar 2006 15:58:53 -0000 1.52
--- src/include/access/gist.h 24 Jun 2006 17:20:28 -0000
***************
*** 142,148 ****
GISTENTRY vector[1];
} GistEntryVector;
! #define GEVHDRSZ (offsetof(GistEntryVector, vector[0]))
/*
* macro to initialize a GISTENTRY
--- 142,148 ----
GISTENTRY vector[1];
} GistEntryVector;
! #define GEVHDRSZ (offsetof(GistEntryVector, vector))
/*
* macro to initialize a GISTENTRY
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