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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: sizeof struct with flexible array: when did it change? |
| Date | 2025-04-11 04:53 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <86bjt2c3sj.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
| References | <20241006192337.76@kylheku.com> <20250410200202.357@kylheku.com> |
Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes: > On 2024-10-07, Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote: > >> C99 said that the size of a structure that ends in a flexible array >> member is the same as the offset of that flexible member in a >> similar structure in which the array has some unspecified size. >> >> The latest draft says that the size is calculated as if the flexible >> array member were omitted, except that there may be more padding than >> the omission would imply. > > I just noticed that a draft version of C99 has exactly this > same wording! I am skeptical. Which document is that exactly?
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Re: sizeof struct with flexible array: when did it change? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-04-11 03:04 +0000
Re: sizeof struct with flexible array: when did it change? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-04-11 04:53 -0700
Re: sizeof struct with flexible array: when did it change? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-11 12:42 -0700
Re: sizeof struct with flexible array: when did it change? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-04-11 13:34 -0700
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