paul@cacilj.UUCP (Paul Close) (12/22/89)
That's the error I get: "initializer for static variable is not constant".
This is gcc version 1.36 on a sun-3 running SunOS-4.0.3. It doesn't work any
better on other machines. Here's the code:
test.c:
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struct {const long t_hdr; const char t6[7];} T_473={0x17000006,"INSERT"};
struct {const long e_hdr; const long e[5];} E_473={0x19000000,0x00000000,
T_473.t6[0],0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00008000};
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^^^^^^^^^^^---- Here's what gcc complains about, line 4.
here's a transcript:
% gcc -v -c -traditional test.c
gcc version 1.36
/usr/local/lib/gcc-cpp -v -undef -D__GNUC__ -Dmc68000 -Dsun -Dunix -D__mc68000__ -D__sun__ -D__unix__ -D__HAVE_68881__ -Dmc68020 test.c /usr/tmp/cca14501.cpp
GNU CPP version 1.36
/usr/local/lib/gcc-cc1 /usr/tmp/cca14501.cpp -quiet -dumpbase test.c -version -o /usr/tmp/cca14501.s
GNU C version 1.36 (68k, MIT syntax) compiled by GNU C version 1.36.
default target switches: -m68020 -mc68020 -m68881 -mbitfield
test.c:4: initializer for static variable is not constant
This code works fine using pcc, but not even gcc -traditional will compile it
(without the 'const', of course). I've seen this with other ANSI compilers,
too. The error message is clear enough, but I have a real need to do this,
and under pcc it worked fine.
How can I make a large, static (and constant), linked table using portable
C constructs?
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