Auto variable with sizeof == 0

[gwyn at brl-smoke.UUCP]

In article <795 at cullvax.UUCP> drw at cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
-braner at batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes:
-> typedef struct LINE {
->...
-> 	char        text[];		/* !!!!!!!!! */
-> }	LINE;
-Replace "char text[]" with "char text[0]".

Since X3J11 hasn't agreed to permit 0-sized objects anywhere,
you might be better off using "char text[1]".  Turn off any
range-checking your C system might have.