Message-ID:	<3314F3D8.16B0@post.comstar.ru>
Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 1997 18:39:20 -0800
From:	Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
Reply-To:	zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru
Organization:	zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru
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To:	DJGPP Mail List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Zero length array ?
References:	<33133A4B DOT 1571 AT post DOT comstar DOT ru> <331317D2 DOT 2DD1AF00 AT alcyone DOT com>

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> 
> Dim Zegebart wrote:
> 
> > typedef struct
> > { int hName;
> >   char szName[0];
> > } TFoo;
>     ...
> > My question is : then I allocate space for MyFoo where actualy
> > MyFoo->szName points ?
> 
> What you are trying to do is create variable-language records, which is not
> a good idea in C.
> 
> You cannot created zero-length arrays.  This makes no conceptual sense
> whatsoever in C.

Guys, did you evere read gcc info? Look closer at 'C Extensions'
chapter. ;)
So, my question was not about correctness of my code but about some
insidy
things of that extension.

-- 
Regards,
Dim Zegebart,
Moscow Russia.

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