[avr-gcc-list] Re: zero length array in nocommon

[David Brown]

Weddington, Eric wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- From: 
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> > On Behalf Of Ruud Vlaming Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:45
> > AM To: address@hidden Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] Re: zero
> > length array in nocommon
> >
> > My question was, why is there a difference in behaviour, and i 
> > hoped somebody could shine some light on this. But maybe it is like
> > J"org says, just a bug.
>
> You're probably the first to discover such a difference. At least on
> the AVR toolchain anyway.

A brief test shows that the same difference exists when compiling with 
gcc for the ColdFire (I don't remember the gcc version off-hand).  It is 
therefore not an avr-gcc specific feature.