Hi Pete,
I think the email has become too long to get the discussion on focus.
So I'm going to summarize your point and my point. If I understand
wrong about your words, please pointing out.
Your point: The C4200 warning given by MS compiler implies the using
zero length arrays is unsafe beside i
On 2013.01.13 18:17, Jie Zhang wrote:
>>> But this warning is introduced by libusb, not by user
>>
>> Not really. The warning is introduced by the compiler as a result of
>> libusbx using zero sized arrays, which may *or may not* be OK with
>> regards to what the user is planning to do, to which we
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Ludovic Rousseau
wrote:
> 2013/1/13 Pete Batard :
>>> As I said above, this piece of code is safe.
>>
>> Can you prove it?
>
> Some remarks
> 1- a zero sized array is illegal in C. It is a GCC extension. See [1]
>
It's also a MSC extension.
> 2- zero sized arrays
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Pete Batard wrote:
> On 2013.01.12 03:23, Jie Zhang wrote:
>> But this warning is introduced by libusb, not by user
>
> Not really. The warning is introduced by the compiler as a result of
> libusbx using zero sized arrays, which may *or may not* be OK with
> regar
2013/1/13 Pete Batard :
>> As I said above, this piece of code is safe.
>
> Can you prove it?
Some remarks
1- a zero sized array is illegal in C. It is a GCC extension. See [1]
2- zero sized arrays are used in libusb/libusbi.h but NOT in the
public libusb/libusb.h. So it is internal only.
3- gcc
2013/1/12 Pete Batard :
> Finally, a couple more notes:
> - Did you advertise for the pull request on the mailing list (in which
> case I probably didn't pay attention to it, so my bad). If not, be
> mindful that, alas, we no longer have a notification system for new
> github issue, so you should c
