> I suspect it might have been a common idiom in pre-C99 days. There is a Blog from Raymond on this[1]. The TL;DR: is that zero length arrays and FAMs weren't

> I suspect it might have been a common idiom in pre-C99 days. There is a Blog from Raymond on this[1]. The TL;DR: is that zero length arrays and FAMs weren't legal until C99. Not sure where the support from MSVC factors in. But that's the story and AFAIK he's sticking too it. [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040826-00/?p=38043 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040826-00/?p=38...