Re: array size known/not known in compile time
Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
"James Kanze" <james.kanze@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
| The current position, I think, is that it is evident that the
| VLA in C cannot be adopted per se---it includes things like
| allowing arrays at the end of a struct to be variable length as
| well, which doesn't work at all with inheritance. And that
| nobody has enough interest in the question to invest the time to
| define what modifications and/or restrictions are necessary to
| make it work in C++.
People interested in VLAs have to investigate VLAs' interactions with C++
type rules, compatibility with C99, and provide convincing evidence
that the troubles they (VLAs) bring outweight their benefits.
Or at least, that the time and effort necessary to solve the
problems costs more than the resulting gains. If someone had
really wanted them, and had been willing to invest the time and
effort necessary to solve the problems, who knows?
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