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Subject: Re: Variable Length Arrays (VLA) proposal
From: Chris January <chris.january@allinea.com>
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:40:00 -0000
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Hello Sanimir,

On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 13:01 +0000, Agovic, Sanimir wrote:
> (1)
> Resolving check_typedef:

> (2)
> Type normalization:

> (3)
> Split struct type:

Just to add another possibility, we implemented VLA for Fortran by
wrapping read_var_value and then adding a call to f_fixup_value which
'fixed up' the type of the variable (filled in the array bounds, etc.)
by modifying the original type. (It also auto-dereferences pointers).

Regards,
Chris January - VP Engineering - Allinea Software Ltd.