C and zero-sized arrays - what is the standard?

[Nathan Sidwell]

Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Consider the following code:
> 
> struct MyStruct
> {
>     int a;
>     int b[];
> };

> Is there a portable way to do this? What is the right form according to the 
> standards?
C99 blesses '[]', calling it a flexible array member [6.7.2.1]/16

nathan

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