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+# serial 5
+# Check for flexible array member support.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# Written by Paul Eggert.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER],
+[
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for flexible array member],
+    ac_cv_c_flexmember,
+    [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+          [[#include <stdlib.h>
+            #include <stdio.h>
+            #include <stddef.h>
+            struct m { struct m *next, **list; char name[]; };
+            struct s { struct s *p; struct m *m; int n; double d[]; };]],
+          [[int m = getchar ();
+            size_t nbytes = offsetof (struct s, d) + m * sizeof (double);
+            nbytes += sizeof (struct s) - 1;
+            nbytes -= nbytes % sizeof (struct s);
+            struct s *p = malloc (nbytes);
+            p->p = p;
+            p->m = NULL;
+            p->d[0] = 0.0;
+            return p->d != (double *) NULL;]])],
+       [ac_cv_c_flexmember=yes],
+       [ac_cv_c_flexmember=no])])
+  if test $ac_cv_c_flexmember = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [],
+      [Define to nothing if C supports flexible array members, and to
+       1 if it does not.  That way, with a declaration like 'struct s
+       { int n; short d@<:@FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER@:>@; };', the struct hack
+       can be used with pre-C99 compilers.
+       Use 'FLEXSIZEOF (struct s, d, N * sizeof (short))' to calculate
+       the size in bytes of such a struct containing an N-element array.])
+  else
+    AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [1])
+  fi
+])