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From: mcvax!moncam!paul@UUNET.UU.NET (Paul Hudson)
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Subject: bug in const structures?
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Date: 6 Feb 89 12:25:33 GMT
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I believe (from my reading of an old ANSI draft) that the following is
legal.

typedef struct s { float x, y; } U;
static const U b[5];
void f(const U s);

main()
{
	f(b[1]);
}

but gcc1.32 gives incompatible types in arg. passing. This program

typedef struct s { float x, y; } U;
static const U b;
void f(const U s);

main()
{
	f(b);
}


compiles OK. What's going on? is it a bug?

Paul Hudson 

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