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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Dinamic array without malloc - Can be done?
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>> "James R.  Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
>> [...]
>>> What this all means is that if the code you give above won't compile,
>>> you're probably either using a C90 compiler, or a C2011 compiler that
>>> has __STDC_NO_VLA__ pre#defined to a value of 1.
>>
>> Are there any such compilers?
>
> A C11 implementation that supports VLA's could provide a compiler
> option that would disable them and define __STDC_NO_VLA__ to 1.
> Such an option might even be useful, to check a non-VLA version
> of C11 code, or to comply with an external requirement that VLA's
> not be used.

Yes, but that doesn't answer my question.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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