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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:15:27 -0700
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> That's C99, straight from N1256.pdf (C99-TC3)...

I checked C90, since the error is

   ISO C90 forbids variable length array

and I didn't see anything there.

Admittedly I only found a draft copy.

                Linus