[RFA] Handle variable-sized fields in the interior of structure type

[Joel Brobecker]

> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
>         * gdbtypes.c (resolve_dynamic_struct): Do not generate an error
>         if detecting a variable-sized field that is not the last field.
>         Fix struct type length computation.
> 
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> 
>         * gdb.base/vla-datatypes.c (vla_factory): Add new variable
>         inner_vla_struct_object_size.
>         * gdb.base/vla-datatypes.exp: Adjust last test, and mark it
>         as xfail.

I have pushed this patch.  There was a tiny merge conflict to resolve,
so attached is the patch I ended up pushing.  Re-tested on x86_64-linux.

-- 
Joel
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