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-rw-r--r--gcc/doc/extend.texi5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 0aa770c92db..04a7785c243 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2003-04-14 Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
+ * doc/extend.texi (Empty Structures): Correct description of G++'s
+ handling of these structures.
+
* c-decl.c (grokdeclarator): Reject extern redeclarations of
static variables.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
index f5a2c110fbc..7a6c112319c 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@c Copyright (C) 1988,1989,1992,1993,1994,1996,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,
+@c Copyright (C) 1988,1989,1992,1993,1994,1996,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003,
@c 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GCC manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
@@ -1372,7 +1372,8 @@ struct empty @{
@end example
The structure will have size zero. In C++, empty structures are part
-of the language, and the language standard says they have size 1.
+of the language. G++ treats empty structures as if they had a single
+member of type @code{char}.
@node Variable Length
@section Arrays of Variable Length