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Re: PR24138 and flexible arrays in C++

From: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
Cc: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>,Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, jconner at apple dot com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:50:48 -0800
Subject: Re: PR24138 and flexible arrays in C++
References: <20051110124156.GA24909@redhat.com> <4373BA75.3020706@codesourcery.com> <m3psp83zdj.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net>

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 11:35:20PM +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
> 
> | Ideally, I think we would support it; I'm just not sure exactly what
> | restrictions, if any, should apply to the flexible array data member.
> | For example, perhaps the type of the elements should be one that does
> | not require construction.  Perhaps that's OK; I'm just not sure.
> 
> Maybe accept it just the way it is used in C, e.g. POD, no
> inheritance, no fancy stuff.

I think we have to do at least that, because using the extension in C
is common, and headers get shared by C and C++.  It's probably fine
to refuse it in the context of inheritance and the like.

References:
- PR24138 and flexible arrays in C++
  - From: Aldy Hernandez
- Re: PR24138 and flexible arrays in C++
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: PR24138 and flexible arrays in C++
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis

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