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Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] drm: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:04:26 +0000
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Quoting Gustavo A. R. Silva (2020-02-25 14:03:47)
> The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> introduced in C99:

I remember when gcc didn't support []. For the record, it appears
support for flexible arrays landed in gcc-3.0. So passes the minimum
compiler spec. That would be useful to mention for old farts with
forgetful memories.
-Chris