Re: [Vala] Variable-length array in struct and initializing an array of such structs

[Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>]

> From: Steef Hegeman <steefhegeman hotmail com>

> Sent: Thursday, 23 July 2015, 18:47
> Subject: [Vala] Variable-length array in struct and initializing an array of such structs
>
> If I understand correctly, arrays declared like this:
> type[] an_array
> are arrays with a variable length. This gets translated into C as a
> pointer to a dynamically allocated array, with some extra fixed-size
> variables like length and size. Is this correct?

> ...

> Then I tried using it in the following manner:> const Test[] tests = {
>     { 2.5, {1, 2, 3} },
>     { 3.5, {2, 3} }> };


I don't have the definitive answer, but a quick read of your email
makes me wonder why you are using const for a dynamic array.
As I understand it const indicates the variable content 
does not change at run time, i.e. it is not dynamic.

Al