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Re: gcc and using constants in array declarations

2004-05-26 kl. 08.44 skrev Andrew White:

In gcc 3.3, the following code produces an error:

const int k_my_array_size = 3;
const int g_my_array [k_my_array_size] = { 1,2,3 };

file:line: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function
file:line: error: variable-sized object may not be initialized

This is a legal (and recommended) C++ construction. Is there a way to convince gcc to allow it in C, or do I just give up and use a #define?

All I can say is I had the same problem and ended up using #define. Doesn't mean there's not a way past it, just that I couldn't find one. What you could do however is the opposite way:

const int g_my_array [] = { 1, 2, 3 };
const int k_my_array_size = sizeof (g_my_array) / sizeof (*g_my_array);
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Pelle Johansson
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