CCJMB@lure.latrobe.edu.au (01/31/91)
Could anyone tell me why the following section of code will not
compile on my RISC/OS 4.5.1 when it compiles without error on a VAX and an
IBM RISC/6000 ?
main()
{
struct strs_struct
{ char word1[6];
char word2[6];
} temp =
{"hello", "there" };
}
It produces the following error message for each field :
ccom: Error: struct.c, line 8: no automatic aggregate initialization
Thanks in advance
Jason (without a sig).rogerk@MIPS.com (Roger B.A. Klorese) (02/05/91)
In article <5000@lure.latrobe.edu.au> CCJMB@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes: > Could anyone tell me why the following section of code will not >compile on my RISC/OS 4.5.1 when it compiles without error on a VAX and an >IBM RISC/6000 ? Because it's a bug, that's why, silly. ;-) It's fixed in the now-in-beta 2.20 release, which should ship to contract customers in April. -- ROGER B.A. KLORESE MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. MS 6-05 930 DeGuigne Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 +1 408 524-7421 rogerk@mips.COM {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rogerk "I'm the NLA" "WAR: been there, done that... hated it." -- QueerPeace/DAGGER chant
sah@batman (Steve Hanson) (02/08/91)
In article <528@spim.mips.COM>, rogerk@MIPS (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes: >In article <5000@lure.latrobe.edu.au> CCJMB@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes: >> Could anyone tell me why the following section of code will not >>compile on my RISC/OS 4.5.1 when it compiles without error on a VAX and an >>IBM RISC/6000 ? > >Because it's a bug, that's why, silly. ;-) > >It's fixed in the now-in-beta 2.20 release, which should ship to contract >customers in April. >-- >ROGER B.A. KLORESE MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. >MS 6-05 930 DeGuigne Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 +1 408 524-7421 >rogerk@mips.COM {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rogerk "I'm the NLA" >"WAR: been there, done that... hated it." -- QueerPeace/DAGGER chant Actually the reason lies in the difference between the original K&R definition of C, that prohibited initializing unions or automatic aggregates, and the ANSI C definition that allows it. The IBM RISC/6000 compiler is using the ANSI interpretation and the MIPS 2.11 compiler is using the K&R interpretation.