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Re: [libgfortran,patch] Zero-length strings messed up in library (PR33079)

From: Tobias Schlüter <Tobias dot Schlueter at physik dot uni-muenchen dot de>
To: Tobias Schlüter <Tobias dot Schlueter at physik dot uni-muenchen dot de>
Cc: FX Coudert <fxcoudert at gmail dot com>, GFortran <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:40:03 +0200
Subject: Re: [libgfortran,patch] Zero-length strings messed up in library (PR33079)
References: <19c433eb0708160621s154b6b7di7cd217c38ff94cd@mail.gmail.com> <46C45696.9080204@physik.uni-muenchen.de> <C0632855-D9D6-42AB-9D52-CD7A6517CEE2@gmail.com> <46C45DBB.4030705@physik.uni-muenchen.de>

Tobias Schlüter wrote:

An alternative would be to have a
 static char zero_length_string[0]; // Maybe [1]
at file scope and then do
 *dest = zero_length_string;
This would evade the unnecessary allocations.


Or the even shorter:
  static char zero_length_string;
  ...
  *dest = &zero_length_string;

- Tobi

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References:
- [libgfortran,patch] Zero-length strings messed up in library (PR33079)
  - From: François-Xavier Coudert
- Re: [libgfortran,patch] Zero-length strings messed up in library (PR33079)
  - From: Tobias Schlüter
- Re: [libgfortran,patch] Zero-length strings messed up in library (PR33079)
  - From: FX Coudert
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