Re: mandocdb tools, sqlite3, and ohash

[Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>]

On 06/07/12 18:51, Marc Espie wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 05:15:24PM +0200, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote:
>>    struct  str {
>>          ...stuff here...
>>          char key[1];
>>    };
>>
>> ...with allocation in the regular way (the struct size plus the
>> string length).  Is this known to play nicely with all compilers?  I
>> can't think of a better way without modifying the ohash routines to
>> work with key pointers.
>
> Yes, it will "work".
> All old compilers I know will accept it,
> and it has been formally normalized in C99, with a slightly different
> syntax.
>
> Refer to 6.7.2.1 16
> It talks about flexible array members.
>
> For C99, the syntax should be
>
> struct str {
> 	...
> 	char key[];
> };
>
> and obviously, the length is smaller by one.
>
> as far as I know, all compilers do still accept the former syntax and will
> work just fine on all architectures that matter.

Marc,

Thanks for the note.  I'll use the C99 approach and will add the 
necessary bits if people complain.

Best,

Kristaps
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