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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 18:39:20 -0800
From: Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: Zero length array ?
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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.