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diff --git a/include/m_string.h b/include/m_string.h
index 2fddf4a83dd..f57b3eff8a0 100644
--- a/include/m_string.h
+++ b/include/m_string.h
@@ -247,13 +247,19 @@ extern int my_snprintf(char* to, size_t n, const char* fmt, ...);
}
#endif
-/* LEX_STRING */
+/*
+ LEX_STRING -- a pair of a C-string and its length.
+
+ NOTE: this exactly form of declaration is required for some C-compilers
+ (for one, Sun C 5.7 2005/01/07). Unfortunatelt with such declaration
+ LEX_STRING can not be forward declared.
+*/
-typedef struct LEX_STRING
+typedef struct
{
char *str;
uint length;
-};
+} LEX_STRING;
#define STRING_WITH_LEN(X) (X), ((uint) (sizeof(X) - 1))
#define C_STRING_WITH_SIZE(X) ((char *) (X)), ((uint) (sizeof(X) - 1))