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In article <463egk$jbb@nntp.Stanford.EDU>, becker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU writes:
> From the FAQ 9.7:
>    To be on the safe side, it may be preferable to declare the
>    variable-size element very large, rather than very small; in the case
>    of the above example:
> 		   char name[MAXSIZE];
>    where MAXSIZE is larger than any name which will be stored. (The trick
>    so modified is said to be in conformance with the Standard.)
> 
> I seem to remember hearing recently that even this modification is
> not actually in conformance with the Standard, but I can't remember
> why.

Chris and Tanmoy have discussed this at length, but I should
point out that *I've* now heard that the modification probably
isn't conforming, either; recent versions of the FAQ list (where
the above question is now numbered 2.6) read

	...where MAXSIZE is larger than any name which will be stored.
	However, it looks like this technique is disallowed by a strict
	interpretation of the Standard as well.

						Steve Summit
						scs@eskimo.com