# flexmember.m4 # serial 5 dnl Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. # Check for flexible array member support. # 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 #include #include 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 ])