Re: [PATCH][next] zd1211rw/zd_usb.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

From: Jes Sorensen
Date: Tue Mar 10 2020 - 18:20:25 EST


On 3/10/20 6:13 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
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> On 3/10/20 5:07 PM, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> As I stated in my previous answer, this seems more code churn than an
>> actual fix. If this is a real problem, shouldn't the work be put into
>> fixing the compiler to handle foo[0] instead? It seems that is where the
>> real value would be.
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> Yeah. But, unfortunately, I'm not a compiler guy, so I'm not able to fix the
> compiler as you suggest. And I honestly don't see what is so annoying/disturbing
> about applying a patch that removes the 0 from foo[0] when it brings benefit
> to the whole codebase.

My point is that it adds what seems like unnecessary churn, which is not
a benefit, and it doesn't improve the generated code.

Best regards,
Jes