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From: teach0@whuts.UUCP (CTD_STUDENT0.)
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Subject: Re: Structure question (problem)
Message-ID: <123@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-May-85 08:59:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 23 08:59:40 1985
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> Could someone please inform me what the hell I am doing wrong.  The
> subject is auto-initialization of structures.  Here is a simple program
> that trys to initialize the stucture, and the associated error
> message.  If I take one of K&R's examples (pg 124, last half page),
> I get the same error.
> BTW-This is 4.2bsd.
> 
> =====
> 
> /* Structure test */
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> 
> main() {
> 
> 	static char *text[] = { "Fred", "Wilma", "Barney", "Betty" };
> 	struct l {
> 		int a;
> 		int b;
> 		char *c;
> 		int d; 
> 		 } e = { 0, 1, text[0], 4 };
> 	
> 	printf("Fred is married to Wilma, Barney to Betty...\n");
> 
> }
> 
> =====
> % cc t.c
> "t.c", line 14: no automatic aggregate initialization
> "t.c", line 14: warning: illegal combination of pointer and integer, op =
> 
Aggregates (arrays, structures, unions) can only be initialized if
they are declared static or external. A simple:

	static struct l{ .........

will do.

--

Fred Eng
AT&T Bell Laboratories