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From: kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Zero Length Arrays Allowed in C Standard?
Message-ID: <20996@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 89 00:34:26 GMT
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Reply-To: kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore)
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In article <2298@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
==>
==>I've inherited some C code that had the following declaration in it:
==>
==>     char tbi[0];
==>
==>When I tried to compile this using Turbo C v2.0 or VAX C, it was flagged as
==>a fatal error. My question is this: are zero length arrays allowed in the
==>ANSI standard for C?
==>
==> Ron Baalke                       |    baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov 
==> Jet Propulsion Lab  M/S 301-355  |    baalke@jems.jpl.nasa.gov 
==> 4800 Oak Grove Dr.               |
==> Pasadena, CA 91109               |

If you want to find out if your C code is conservative, run lint on it.
You are much more likely to get transportable code if you do this.

Ken