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don't use a VLA just to compute a buffer size #82

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VLAs in C++ are compiler extensions, and clang 18 will complain about it.

Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libelfin/+bug/2060786
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1065084

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I wonder why the compiler doesn't complain about similar lines of code like:

: base((T*)buf), end(base), cap((T*)&buf[sizeof(T[Min])])

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In the case you pointed to, Min is not a variable but a template parameter, i.e. a compile-time constant.

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