From 1341b94d6609468c1816a94c6cee40e69ba2da90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 18:16:12 +0200
Subject: Untie structure members from structure

In historic K&R C, structure members name space was global. For compatibility, search all structures for a member if it is not found.
---
 bcc/table.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'bcc/table.c')

diff --git a/bcc/table.c b/bcc/table.c
index e863fb5..ae34839 100644
--- a/bcc/table.c
+++ b/bcc/table.c
@@ -726,6 +726,24 @@ char *name;
 		return symptr;
 	}
     }
+
+#ifndef VERY_SMALL_MEMORY
+    /* In ancient UNIX, C structure members were global */
+    if (!ancient)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* Find any structure member of given name */
+    laststruct(name);
+    while (name[0]) {
+	if ((symptr = findlorg(name)) != NULL)
+	    return symptr;
+        if (--name[1] == 0) {
+            name[1] = 255;
+            name[0]--;
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
     return NULL;
 }
 #endif
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