[csw-maintainers] need help with C++ cmopile problem

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Y'all,

Am 13.06.2010 um 14:34 schrieb Ben Walton:
> Excerpts from James Lee's message of Sun Jun 13 04:39:30 -0400 2010:
>
> Hi James,
>
>> typedef struct fooo{
>> int filler;
>> int *testing;
>> } foostruct;
>
> This was my first thought too, but I hesitated to send it as I wasn't
> sure about it[1].  The C compiler would most likely turn 'int
> testing[]' into 'int *testing' I think since defining a struct of
> unknown (variable) size wouldn't be useful.  But, 'int *' can be
> different than 'int []' as the array wouldn't require a de-reference
> to access to the contents.  Will Phil need to look at how the
> structure is used to ensure it's treated as 'int *' even though
> originally declared as 'int []' ?
>
> Thanks
> -Ben
>
> [1] I don't write enough C (and no C++) code to be confident about it.

Someone wants to add this to the porting faq?
   <http://wiki.opencsw.org/porting-faq>


Best regards

   -- Dago