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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: LC4.01 bug?  Initalizing strings
Summary: Static strings work
Message-ID: <856@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 9 Dec 89 11:05:00 GMT
References: <8912071519.AA04620@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
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In article <8912071519.AA04620@jade.berkeley.edu> MCARTSHA@UREGINA1.BITNET (Shan Mcarthur) writes:
	char
	  *days[] =
	    {  "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"  };
	main ()
	{
	}

It works fine if compiled exactly as you posted.  Of course it fails if
days is an auto variable.  That is, if the definition is put inside of
a function without the "static" keyword.  But you showed it defined
external to the function, which works with Lattice 4.0.
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