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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: assigning constant values to complex structure
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:56:31 -0800
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]

> struct letteroclass_bin
> {
>      union
>      {
>          wint_t l;       // letter;
>          struct
>          {
>              unsigned char list1[20];
>              unsigned char list2[22];
>              unsigned char list3[29];
>          } jlist;
>      } letteroclass;
>      unsigned char current_data_type;
> } a = { L'a', 1 } ;
>
> But the elements must be constants.

In C99 or later, the elements need not be constant expressions unless
the object is static (defined with the "static" keyword or at file
scope).

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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