From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,476a6e8369830051 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "R. Michael Gillmore" Subject: Re: How should I access variable length data associated with message headers? Date: 1997/12/12 Message-ID: <34919F4A.2472@collins.rockwell.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 297662802 References: <34919C2B.35F8@collins.rockwell.com> Organization: Rockwell Reply-To: rmgillmore@collins.rockwell.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: R. Michael Gillmore wrote: > > I was reading the FAQ this afternoon when this question caught my > attention: > > 2.6: I came across some code that declared a structure with the last > member an array of one element, and then did some tricky > allocation to make it act like the array had several elements. > Is this legal or portable? > > A: An official interpretation has deemed that it is not strictly > conforming with the C Standard. > > I have done this for nearly as long as I have been writing C. Is > there another method to use for this? > > -- > R. Michael "Okie" Gillmore > Use: rmgillmo @ cca.rockwell.com > > First law of parenting: > > "... I have nourished and brought up children, and they have > rebelled against me." > -- Isaiah 1:2 Sorry ... Wrong news group. Please excuse me. Mike -- R. Michael "Okie" Gillmore Use: rmgillmo @ cca.rockwell.com "... I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me." -- Isaiah 1:2