[Freeciv-Dev] Re: PATCH: fix for smooth_map (PR#991)

[Greg Wooledge <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raimar Falke (hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> >  static void smooth_map(void)
> >  {
> > +  int new_hmap[map.xsize * map.ysize];
> 
> I think that such constructs aren't allow in C. IMHO the size has to
> be a compile time constant. Either I'm wrong and this is ok for local
> function variables or it is an gcc extension.

You're correct -- it's not allowed in standard C.  You need to use one
of the malloc() family, and free() when you're done.

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