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From: johnl@SDFSUN1.hac.com (John Lee)
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Subject: Re: "chip" in SAS C
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Date: 7 Jan 91 22:58:07 GMT
References: <1991Jan4.031246.20044@cs.uoregon.edu> <1991Jan6.092515.6970@cs.uoregon.edu>
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In article <1991Jan6.092515.6970@cs.uoregon.edu> rlittle@cs.uoregon.edu (Robert A. Little) writes:
>Two things...First: I mistyped the message--my code read:
>
>USHORT chip ImageData[]={0xF7000,0xEFFF,...};
>
>Second:
>The compiler would only compile the code if I moved it from within a procedure
>to a global declaration...it compiles fine now...my only question is, Why?
>Why won't it compile if the declaration is made within a procedure?  Some type
>of a scope problem?

Aha!  There's the rub...  You cannot initialize aggregate automatic variables.
You'll need to make it static by:  1) moving it outside the procedure, making
it global, or 2) inserting the storage class keyword 'static' in front.

I still think the SAS/C error message is oblique.  I hate it when programs do
that.

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