Auto variable with sizeof == 0

[Gregory Smith]

In article <397 at mipos3.UUCP> pinkas at mipos3.UUCP (Israel Pinkas) writes:
> [...]  (Remember that sizeof(array) =~ sizeof(element of array)
>times number of elements.  This is approximate because C allows a compiler
>to pack arrays.)

The relationship is exact: sizeof(array)==sizeof( array[0] )*(# of elements).
An array may not be packed in a way which makes this relationship inexact.

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