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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: C++: variable length arrays and operator new[]
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:59:00 -0000
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G++ currently accepts the following code:

char *
alloc(unsigned a, unsigned b)
{
  typedef char array[a];
  return &**(new array[b]);
}

Is this intentional?  The equivalent "new char[a][b]" is rejected (as
required by the C++ standard).