Query about <dirent.h>

[gwyn at BRL.MIL]

From: gwyn at BRL.MIL

In article <441 at longway.TIC.COM> Andy Tanenbaum <uunet!cs.vu.nl!ast> writes:
->	char	d_name[1];
-What happens when a program allocates a struct dirent in a program?  The
-compiler will not allocate enough storage and it will crash when used.

That's what happens when programmers assume things that are not promised
by the standards.

-Is it legal to add a line
-#include <limits.h> 
-in <dirent.h>?

NO.

Volume-Number: Volume 17, Number 70