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| author | mpolacek <mpolacek@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> | 2014-03-26 06:58:15 +0000 |
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| committer | mpolacek <mpolacek@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> | 2014-03-26 06:58:15 +0000 |
| commit | c051a2940b45464f0bd42959def3a10c91bf688b (patch) | |
| tree | 73fbf5143620b481bbb51bdf7050a4ac03459168 /gcc/doc | |
| parent | f25f1b25ff2e084c6e1ca01b700c29b02a4bd94b (diff) | |
| download | gcc-c051a2940b45464f0bd42959def3a10c91bf688b.tar.gz | |
PR c/37428
* doc/extend.texi (C Extensions): Mention variable-length arrays in
a structure/union.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@208836 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi index 90bf6d841a0..19286226714 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi @@ -1592,6 +1592,18 @@ Jumping or breaking out of the scope of the array name deallocates the storage. Jumping into the scope is not allowed; you get an error message for it. +@cindex variable-length array in a structure +As an extension, GCC accepts variable-length arrays as a member of +a structure or a union. For example: + +@smallexample +void +foo (int n) +@{ + struct S @{ int x[n]; @}; +@} +@end smallexample + @cindex @code{alloca} vs variable-length arrays You can use the function @code{alloca} to get an effect much like variable-length arrays. The function @code{alloca} is available in |