Can someone please explain why in include/utils/datetime.h (struct datetkn)
there is a check for _AIX that either initializes a char* pointer or a char
array? Is there any advantage of a char-array except for warnings of some
compilers if the initilization string is too long?
Apart from that I doubt that AIX cannot handle token[TOKMAXLEN] because
similar declarations can be found in other headers without the _AIX check.
The struct definition is more than 9 years old and seems to show up first in
Attic/dt.h.
#define TOKMAXLEN 10 /* only this many chars are stored in * datetktbl */
/* keep this struct small; it gets used a lot */
typedef struct
{
#if defined(_AIX) char *token;
#else char token[TOKMAXLEN];
#endif /* _AIX */ char type; char value; /* this may be unsigned, alas */
} datetkn;
Joachim
