From: Martin Ling <redacted>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:09:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix use of variable length array in send_receive example, for MSVC.
X-Git-Url: http://sigrok.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=251890e3b9393ddb968345e04aa29b1ca7aee410;p=libserialport.git

Fix use of variable length array in send_receive example, for MSVC.
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diff --git a/examples/send_receive.c b/examples/send_receive.c
index e1aabf0..5e9f381 100644
--- a/examples/send_receive.c
+++ b/examples/send_receive.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			printf("Timed out, %d/%d bytes sent.\n", result, size);
 
 		/* Allocate a buffer to receive data. */
-		char buf[size + 1];
+		char *buf = malloc(size + 1);
 
 		/* Try to receive the data on the other port. */
 		printf("Receiving %d bytes on port %s.\n",
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* Check if we received the same data we sent. */
 		buf[result] = '\0';
 		printf("Received '%s'.\n", buf);
+
+		/* Free receive buffer. */
+		free(buf);
 	}
 
 	/* Close ports and free resources. */