From: Spiro Trikaliotis (trik-news_at_gmx.de)
Date: 2003-01-28 10:35:27
Hello Uz,
you wrote:
> There is a feature called "flexible array members" in ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E),
> is it that what you mean?
Don't know the standard, but it may be Christian's wish, yes.
> > (For a more detailed description look here:
> > "http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccelng/ht
> > m/class_6.asp")
>
> I'm sorry, but when accessing this page using Mozilla, I get redirected to a
> page with list of Microsoft topics ("Welcome to the MSDN library", ".NET
> Development" and so on). Are you sure that above page is accessible using
> other browsers than Microsoft Internet Exploder? If not, the URL is a good
> example why non standard features are evil.
Christian gave the wrong URL. When using the MSDN-Library links,
one has to use the "short version" which redirects correctly (I hope):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vccelng/htm/class_6.asp
> They trick you into using their "unique" features, and once you notice that
> these features have severe disadvantages, it's too late, and the way out is
> very thorny.
I have seen this feature on other plattforms for embedded controllers long
before Microsoft used it, so I think you should not blame MS.
Spiro.
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