mpope@augean.oz.au (Michael T Pope) (07/18/89)
(G++/Gcc 1.35, Sun 4, SunOS 3.x)
G++ accepts the following without complaint--- should it?
Gcc is less forgiving.
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#include <stdio.h>
const int b = 1;
const int a = b * a; // ERROR?
void main() {
fprintf(stderr, "%d\n", a);
}
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% g++ -v -o foo foo.c
g++ version 1.35.0
/usr/local/gnu/gcc-cpp -+ -v -undef -D__GNU__ -D__GNUG__ -D__cplusplus -Dsparc -Dsun -Dunix -D__sparc__ -D__sun__ -D__unix__ foo.c /tmp/cca24594.cpp
GNU CPP version 1.35
/usr/local/gnu/gcc-cc1plus /tmp/cca24594.cpp -quiet -dumpbase foo.c -noreg -version -o /tmp/cca24594.s
GNU C++ version 1.35.0 (sparc) compiled by GNU C version 1.35.
as /tmp/cca24594.s -o foo.o
/usr/local/gnu/gcc-ld++ -o foo -C /usr/local/gnu/crt0+.o foo.o -lg++ /usr/local/gnu/gcc-gnulib -lc
% gcc -v -o foo foo.c
gcc version 1.35
/usr/local/gnu/gcc-cpp -v -undef -D__GNUC__ -Dsparc -Dsun -Dunix -D__sparc__ -D__sun__ -D__unix__ foo.c /tmp/cca24578.cpp
GNU CPP version 1.35
/usr/local/gnu/gcc-cc1 /tmp/cca24578.cpp -quiet -dumpbase foo.c -version -o /tmp/cca24578.s
GNU C version 1.35 (sparc) compiled by GNU C version 1.35.
foo.c:4: initializer for static variable is not constant
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