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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: One works, the other doesn't? |
| Date | Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:42:56 -0800 |
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
[...]
> There's a very old trick to do the same thing:
>
> typedef struct LIST
> {
> int count;
> struct LIST *pMin, *pMaj;
> char str[1];
> } Lista;
>
> Then you over-allocate the struct and store the string in-place, so to
> speak. Of course it is technically undefined to access elements of the
> str member with indexes > 1, but it was (and is) such a widely-used hack
> that I would be surprised if any compiler did not take the possibility
> into account.
The "struct hack", as it's called, is discussed in question 2.6 of the
comp.lang.c FAQ <http://www.c-faq.com/>.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for Philips Healthcare
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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