Re: Large structures

"Scott Nicol" <snicol@apk.net>
14 Jun 2002 13:59:52 -0400

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From: "Scott Nicol" <snicol@apk.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 14 Jun 2002 13:59:52 -0400
Organization: APK Net
References: 02-06-026
Keywords: C
Posted-Date: 14 Jun 2002 13:59:51 EDT

"Andrzej Wasowski" <wasowski@data.pl> wrote in message
> Is it possible to declare a structure of arbitrary length in C?


ANSI doesn't require it, but most compilers I have worked with support it,
at least up to about 10,000 elements. I haven't tried beyond there. One
exception is (was?) Microsoft's compiler with debugging symbols - I think
the limit is around 4000 elements.


> I have a code generation scheme


Passing machine-generated code through a compiler is a good way to uncover
compiler bugs. If you have to target a large number of C compilers, it can
be difficult to generate code so that it works with all compilers.


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Scott Nicol
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