[M3devel] subranges 0..-1?

[Michael Richter]

What does an ARRAY [0..-1] OF <anything> actually look like?

On 3 October 2010 20:51, Jay K <jay.krell at cornell.edu> wrote:

>
> ../src/Common/X.i3: In function 'X_I3':
> ../src/Common/X.i3:4845:0: internal compiler error: in
> m3cg_declare_subrange, at m3cg/parse.c:3567
>
>
>   gcc_assert (min <= max);
>
>   XClientMessageEvent = RECORD
>      type: int;
>      serial: unsigned_long;    (* # of last request processed by server *)
>      send_event: Bool;         (* true if this came from a SendEvent
> request *)
>      display: DisplayStar;     (* Display the event was read from *)
>      window: Window;
>      message_type: Atom;
>      format: int;
>      alignment: ARRAY [0..-1] OF long;
>      data: ARRAY [0..MAX (20 * BYTESIZE (char),
>                           MAX (10 * BYTESIZE (short),
>                                5 * BYTESIZE (long))) - 1] OF char; END;
>
>
>      alignment: ARRAY [0..-1] OF long;
>
>
> typedef struct {
>     int type;
>     unsigned long serial;    /* # of last request processed by server */
>     Bool send_event;    /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
>     Display *display;    /* Display the event was read from */
>     Window window;
>     Atom message_type;
>     int format;
>     union {
>         char b[20];
>         short s[10];
>         long l[5];
>         } data;
> } XClientMessageEvent;
>
>
>
> eh?
>
>
> I'll remove the assert.
> "Clearly"? the Modula-3 should just use an array of long though for the
> union?
>
>
>  - Jay
>
>




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