void method(string a) {
int n = a.size();
int array[n];
}
The above code can compile correctly using gcc. How can the size of the array come fr
How can the size of the array come from a non-constant variable?
Currently, because that compiler has a non-standard extension which allows you to use C's variable length arrays in C++ programs.
Does the compiler automatically translate the
int array[n]
toint* array = new int[n]
?
That's an implementation detail. I believe GCC places it on the stack, like normal automatic variables. It may or may not use dynamic allocation if the size is too large for the stack; I don't know myself.
dynamic allocation. The new
keyword will do this with a pointer and some allocation.
int * ptr;
int n = a.size();
ptr = new int[n];
According to this the compiler allows this expression in C++ as far as C90/99.