[Bug c/81677] Can't declare pointer to array of incomplete type in struct

pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Aug 2 22:38:00 GMT 2017


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81677

Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #5 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
Let me try to explain this in easier English rather than standard talk.

An array to incomplete types are invalid and cannot exist as a type as defined
by the C standard (as referenced by Joseph).  Therefor a pointer to an array to
incomplete type is invalid.

That is an array to an incomplete type is not an incomplete type but rather not
a type at all.

Does that make better sense?


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