On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 3:06 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 2:39 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 12:24 PM Andy Shevchenko > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > > Nope because gcc will scream: > > > > error: flexible array member in union > > Ah, of course. Should be > struct ... **lines; But it is not gonna work... we need an array here. or just one member struct *lines; bulk: lines = malloc(num_lines * sizeof(lines)); xxx->lines = lines; single: xxx->lines = line; -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko