[huskerlug] Re: More of a GCC problem.
- From: cdelgad2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:23:32 -0600 (CST)
> > Am I doing something stupid I don't see?
>
> Yes, and no. I think you do not understand how to use variable length
> arrays. You may also have a similarly defined array in which results
> in
> overwriting stack space.
>
> The link you provided says this: "The length of an array is computed
> once
> when the storage is allocated and is remembered for the scope of the
> array
> in case you access it with `sizeof'."
>
> I believe, in your code, that means that the length is zero bytes long.
> It
> will NOT change when the value of the variable iBalance. It works when
> you
> delare the array to be of size 100 because then you are allocating space
> for
> the array.
Maybe what he wanted was something like "vector" instead of an array? A vector
will "grow" as you add stuff to it so it's realy nice when you don't know how
many elements are going into the array.
http://www.cppreference.com/cppvector.html
-Cesar
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