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Compiler Error: Variable length array folded to constant array as an extension #595

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Newest XCode 26.2 is throwing compiler errors for the code below:

Variable length array folded to constant array as an extension

const int ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN_LEN = 3;
const int ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN[ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN_LEN] = {1, 1, 1};

const int ZX_UPC_EAN_L_PATTERNS_LEN = 10;
const int ZX_UPC_EAN_L_PATTERNS_SUB_LEN = 4;
const int ZX_UPC_EAN_L_PATTERNS[ZX_UPC_EAN_L_PATTERNS_LEN][ZX_UPC_EAN_L_PATTERNS_SUB_LEN] = { ... 

Its actually easy to fix in 2 ways:

const int ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN_LEN = 3;
const int ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN[] = {1, 1, 1};

// OR

#define ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN_LEN  3
const int ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN[ZX_UPC_EAN_START_END_PATTERN_LEN] = {1, 1, 1};

I cant find any issue related to it, so I suspect also compiler flags?
Is there need for a patch/pull request?

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