From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:18:59 GMT
Subject: Re: testsuite failures in mainline...
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712150117330.27959@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20071214.160845.185161708.davem@davemloft.net>

Hi,

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, David Miller wrote:

> -	char space[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
> +	uintmax_t space[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */

Usually, a much better idea is to use

	union {
		char cp[FLEX_ARRAY];
		uintmax_t up[FLEX_ARRAY];
	}

because that is exactly the reason union was invented for.

Ciao,
Dscho