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[Bug c++/69550] Need a way to disable "flexible array member in an otherwise empty struct" error on GCC 6
- From: "nalimilan at club dot fr" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:12:20 +0000
- Subject: [Bug c++/69550] Need a way to disable "flexible array member in an otherwise empty struct" error on GCC 6
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- References: <bug-69550-4 at http dot gcc dot gnu dot org/bugzilla/>
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69550
--- Comment #8 from Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimilan at club dot fr> ---
(In reply to Marek Polacek from comment #6)
> (In reply to Milan Bouchet-Valat from comment #5)
> > Note this actually also happens with the C compiler (the attached example
> > also illustrates this).
>
> That's the correct behavior.
As I said, I don't deny it's the correct application of the standard, nor that
it's a sane behavior. But the fact that this was accepted without even a
warning by default in the last GCC release, and that no way to disable the
error is offered in GCC 6 creates problems for existing code bases.