In message <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103301000020.476-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de>, Harti Brandt writes: >I suppose. But neither gcc nor Sun-cc seem to support it :-( Sure, but at least it's guaranteed to work on C99 compilers. [0] is not guaranteed, and if they suddenly refuse to compile it, you have no grounds for complaint. -s