--- /dev/null
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+int main ()
+{
+struct foo {int base; char variable[1]; }; /* a common idiom for variable-size structs */
+
+struct foo * b = (struct foo *) malloc (sizeof (int)); /* enough for base */
+b->base = 4;
+return 0;
+}