From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:57:08 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <7144845a3c658a8194be95e64d69486f@coraid.com> In-Reply-To: <4A5C8F93.6090603@tecmav.com> References: <4A5C8F93.6090603@tecmav.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] C compiler question Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1fe7ce9c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > The point is how to compute the offset(s) of the last field at compile / > run time. the offset of the last field is not in question. i believe you mean the size? > 8c should reject not defined (named only) types, as *nix compilers do. yes. > > I prefer to have only the tricky but standard "char x[0]" tails. i'd prefer not to have them, either. but it's too late for that. > Your patch will be included in the next distribution CD ? no. i haven't submitted it yet. - erik