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From: Jonathan Wakely <redi@gcc.gnu.org>
To: gcc-cvs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: [gcc r14-286] doc: Add explanation of zero-length array example
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:56:14 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230427085614.034123858D32@sourceware.org> (raw)

https://gcc.gnu.org/g:429c72eb632040bacef9569b6d783d72fee93b42

commit r14-286-g429c72eb632040bacef9569b6d783d72fee93b42
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 26 17:09:36 2023 +0100

    doc: Add explanation of zero-length array example
    
    gcc/ChangeLog:
    
            * doc/extend.texi (Zero Length): Describe example.

Diff:
---
 gcc/doc/extend.texi | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
index ac476801ed8..e426a2eb7d8 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
@@ -1705,6 +1705,9 @@ struct line *thisline = (struct line *)
 thisline->length = this_length;
 @end smallexample
 
+In this example, @code{thisline->contents} is an array of @code{char} that
+can hold up to @code{thisline->length} bytes.
+
 Although the size of a zero-length array is zero, an array member of
 this kind may increase the size of the enclosing type as a result of tail
 padding.  The offset of a zero-length array member from the beginning

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