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The Weird and The Wonderful forum is a place to post Coding Horrors, Worst Practices, and the occasional flash of brilliance.

We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

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GeneralTell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 5:35
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 5:35 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Greg Utas4-May-22 6:42
professionalGreg Utas4-May-22 6:42 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 6:53
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 6:53 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Greg Utas4-May-22 7:00
professionalGreg Utas4-May-22 7:00 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:30
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:30 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Mircea Neacsu4-May-22 9:09
Mircea Neacsu4-May-22 9:09 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Greg Utas4-May-22 10:09
professionalGreg Utas4-May-22 10:09 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Randor 4-May-22 10:44
professional Randor 4-May-22 10:44 
Greg Utas wrote:
type char[1], but which will actually be indexed from 0 to Length - 1
My instincts are telling me that it's a placeholder for variable-length data.

With MSVC you cannot use a zero-length array unless the following conditions are true:
1.) It must be the last field in the union or struct.
2.) Option /Za must be enabled.
3.) Option /permissive- must be unset/disabled

Or you can just do char[1] Big Grin | :-D
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Greg Utas4-May-22 11:38
professionalGreg Utas4-May-22 11:38 
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Randor 4-May-22 11:49
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GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:33
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:33 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:48
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:48 
GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Mircea Neacsu4-May-22 13:40
Mircea Neacsu4-May-22 13:40 
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Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 14:28
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 14:28 
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Randor 4-May-22 12:06
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GeneralRe: Tell me what's wrong with the following Pin
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:53
Gary R. Wheeler4-May-22 12:53 
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charlieg15-May-22 1:33
charlieg15-May-22 1:33 
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Gary R. Wheeler15-May-22 3:16
Gary R. Wheeler15-May-22 3:16 
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charlieg20-Jul-22 8:03
charlieg20-Jul-22 8:03 
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englebart1-Sep-22 14:18
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RantTaking responsibility Pin
Andreas Mertens27-Apr-22 8:32
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PIEBALDconsult27-Apr-22 11:45
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Andreas Mertens27-Apr-22 12:08
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PIEBALDconsult27-Apr-22 13:11
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charlieg26-Jul-22 10:37
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