Auto variable with sizeof == 0

[tanner at ki4pv.UUCP]

) braner at batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes
) ... char text[] ...
) ... Question: Do some compilers refuse to accept this?

Yes, the microsoft compiler (at least the one distributed by SCO as
2.2\(*b) refuses to accept this.  Says "unknown size", of all things.
I can understand and sympathise with this, of course -- the size is
not specified, so I'd consider it unknown too.

However, note that the obvious replacement (char text[0]) elicits the
same error message, even though the size IS known (to be zero).

In all fairness, this is a beta release of the compiler, and it may have
been fixed already.
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