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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Why does 'static' cause an error ?
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bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 23/04/2017 19:17, fl wrote:
[...]
>> static	const UART_HWAttrs uartHWAttrs[EK_UARTCOUNT] = {
>> 	    {
>> 	        .baseAddr = UART0_BASE,
>> 	        .intNum = INT_UART0,
>> 	        .intPriority = (~0),
>> 	        .flowControl = UART_FLOWCONTROL_NONE,
>> 	        .ringBufPtr  = uartTivaRB[0],
>> 	        .ringBufSize = sizeof(uartTivaRB[0])
>> 	    }
>> 	};
[...]
> Presumably one of those expressions isn't a compile time one.
>
> Add // in front of each. The error should go away. Then remove the //s 
> one by on until it comes back. (Watch out for a trailing comma on the 
> last uncommented line causing a syntax error.)
>
> (Maybe uartTivarRB isn't a flat array, but a pointer?)

It doesn't matter.  uartTivaRB[0] isn't a constant expression even if
uartTivarRB is a "flat array".  See N1570 6.6.

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