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From: kap1@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (Dietrich Kappe)
Subject: Arrays bigger than 32K.
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 18:54:49 GMT


I'm attempting to compile some code that uses arrays>32K in size.(Using LSC3.0)
The arrays are multi dimensional.

Example: 
	short thing[60][60][8];

Now I know that LSC doesn't allow arrays>32K, so I thought "No problem,
I'll just allocate the memory on the fly."

Attempted Solution:

	typedef short thingType[60][60][8];
	thingType *thing;
	...
	thing=(thingType *)lmalloc(sizeof(thingType));

Of course I still get an illegal array limits error on the typedef statement.
The compiler needs the array bounds for pointer arithmatic, and I certainly
don't want to do all those pointer operations by hand. Any ideas on how I
can get arround the 32K size limit without giving up array dimmension
information?

Thanks in advance,

--Dietrich J. Kappe--
kap1@math.binghamton.edu