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# Check for variable-length arrays.

#serial 2

# From Paul Eggert

# Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

AC_DEFUN([AC_C_VARARRAYS],
[
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for variable-length arrays],
    ac_cv_c_vararrays,
    [AC_TRY_COMPILE(
       [],
       [static int x; char a[++x]; a[sizeof a - 1] = 0; return a[0];],
       ac_cv_c_vararrays=yes,
       ac_cv_c_vararrays=no)])
  if test $ac_cv_c_vararrays = yes; then
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_C_VARARRAYS, 1,
      [Define to 1 if C supports variable-length arrays.])
  fi
])