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  • Subject: Re: Variable length MODS
  • From: James David Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:40:45 -0600 (MDT)

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jim Langston wrote:

> Actually, James, I have used that structure definition in C.  Although the
> syntax may be a bit off.
>
> char * array[];
>
> maybe?  Although I think
>
> char array[];
>
> is actually legal.  A pointer to an array of char of undetermined size.
> Which is exactly what I was talking about.

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  char array[];

  printf ("Hello world\n");
  return 0;
}

james@orion:~> gcc -Wall -c testme.c
testme.c: In function `main':
testme.c:5: array size missing in `array'
testme.c:5: warning: unused variable `array'

Sorry, char array[] is not valid C code.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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