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# serial 5
# Check for flexible array member support.
# Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
# Written by Paul Eggert.
AC_DEFUN([AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER],
[
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for flexible array member],
ac_cv_c_flexmember,
[AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
[AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
[[#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
struct m { struct m *next, **list; char name[]; };
struct s { struct s *p; struct m *m; int n; double d[]; };]],
[[int m = getchar ();
size_t nbytes = offsetof (struct s, d) + m * sizeof (double);
nbytes += sizeof (struct s) - 1;
nbytes -= nbytes % sizeof (struct s);
struct s *p = malloc (nbytes);
p->p = p;
p->m = NULL;
p->d[0] = 0.0;
return p->d != (double *) NULL;]])],
[ac_cv_c_flexmember=yes],
[ac_cv_c_flexmember=no])])
if test $ac_cv_c_flexmember = yes; then
AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [],
[Define to nothing if C supports flexible array members, and to
1 if it does not. That way, with a declaration like 'struct s
{ int n; short d@<:@FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER@:>@; };', the struct hack
can be used with pre-C99 compilers.
Use 'FLEXSIZEOF (struct s, d, N * sizeof (short))' to calculate
the size in bytes of such a struct containing an N-element array.])
else
AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [1])
fi
])