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* m4/flexmember.m4 (AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER): Mention that offsetof should be used instead of sizeof. From Bruno Haible.
author Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
date Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:20:07 +0000
parents e856370de785
children 81bd0d34cbbe
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# Check for flexible array member support.

# Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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# Written by Paul Eggert.

AC_DEFUN([AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER],
[
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for flexible array member],
    ac_cv_c_flexmember,
    [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
	  [[#include <stdlib.h>
	    #include <stdio.h>
	    #include <stddef.h>
	    struct s { int n; double d[]; };]],
	  [[int m = getchar ();
	    struct s *p = malloc (offsetof (struct s, d)
				  + m * sizeof (double));
	    p->d[0] = 0.0;
	    return p->d != (double *) NULL;]])],
       [ac_cv_c_flexmember=yes],
       [ac_cv_c_flexmember=no])])
  if test $ac_cv_c_flexmember = yes; then
    AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [],
      [Define to nothing if C supports flexible array members, and to
       1 if it does not.  That way, with a declaration like `struct s
       { int n; double d@<:@FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER@:>@; };', the struct hack
       can be used with pre-C99 compilers.
       When computing the size of such an object, don't use 'sizeof (struct s)'
       as it overestimates the size.  Use 'offsetof (struct s, d)' instead.
       Don't use 'offsetof (struct s, d@<:@0@:>@)', as this doesn't work with
       MSVC and with C++ compilers.])
  else
    AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], 1)
  fi
])