variable lenght char buffer

SymbolixAU · Mar 16, 2020 · 8c7a624 · 8c7a624
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diff --git a/src/read_geojson.cpp b/src/read_geojson.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 rapidjson::Document buffer_string( const char* file, const char* mode, int buffer_size = 1024 ) {
 
 	FILE* fp = fopen(file, mode );
-	char readBuffer[ buffer_size ];
+	//char readBuffer[ buffer_size ];
+	//rapidjson::FileReadStream is(fp, readBuffer, sizeof( readBuffer ) );
+
+	// ISO C++ forbids variable length array ‘readBuffer’ [-Wvla]
+	// https://stackoverflow.com/a/11379442/5977215
+	char *readBuffer = new char[ buffer_size ];
 
 	rapidjson::FileReadStream is(fp, readBuffer, sizeof( readBuffer ) );