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| author | Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> | 2023-04-26 17:09:36 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> | 2023-04-27 09:55:56 +0100 |
| commit | 429c72eb632040bacef9569b6d783d72fee93b42 (patch) | |
| tree | 18352460e43a09185c0253603e217f1c4f6e7b1a /gcc | |
| parent | 7bcdcf86e8272eeb524cc1dcb0ada8c8cfe6f27e (diff) | |
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doc: Add explanation of zero-length array example
gcc/ChangeLog:
* doc/extend.texi (Zero Length): Describe example.
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diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi index ac47680..e426a2e 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi @@ -1705,6 +1705,9 @@ struct line *thisline = (struct line *) thisline->length = this_length; @end smallexample +In this example, @code{thisline->contents} is an array of @code{char} that +can hold up to @code{thisline->length} bytes. + Although the size of a zero-length array is zero, an array member of this kind may increase the size of the enclosing type as a result of tail padding. The offset of a zero-length array member from the beginning |