use alloca for compatibility with MSVC

src/runtime/c/pgf/data.h

@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#include <alloca.h>
+#define alloca _alloca
+#endif
+
+
 class PGF_INTERNAL_DECL pgf_error : public std::runtime_error {
 public:
     pgf_error(const char *msg) : std::runtime_error(msg)

src/runtime/c/pgf/reader.cxx

@@ -728,7 +728,8 @@ static void add_to_index(ref<PgfConcr> concrete, ref<PgfConcrLin> lin, size_t se
                 throw pgf_error("Found a lin which uses a category without a lincat");
 
             size_t max_values = 1;
-            size_t ranges[sym_cat->r.n_terms];
+            size_t *ranges = (size_t *)
+                alloca(sym_cat->r.n_terms*sizeof(size_t));
             for (size_t i = 0; i < sym_cat->r.n_terms; i++) {
                 for (size_t j = 0; j < result->vars->len; j++) {
                     auto var_range = vector_elem(result->vars, j);