%% Olly Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> gcc accepts this as an extension.
>> It is useful when using the "struct hack", at least.
ob> Ah yes, of course. Not a great justification though, since an
ob> array size of one gives a much more portable struct hack (albeit
ob> slightly uglier).
However, the struct hack is not valid Standard C (although it works in
every compiler I'm aware of, so probably that doesn't matter).
BTW, the a[0]-struct-hack is included in the C99 Standard (IIRC), so
it's not really a gcc extension anymore :).
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