Re: error: initializer element is not constant|

Subject	Re: error: initializer element is not constant\|
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
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From	bartc <bc@freeuk.com>
Message-ID	<653QA.1704$wa2.1014@fx36.am4> (permalink)
Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2017-05-08 19:49 +0100

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On 08/05/2017 19:37, Keith Thompson wrote:
> bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> On 08/05/2017 17:00, Keith Thompson wrote:
> [...]
>>> I think you meant that arrays of pointers to arrays would be unusual.
>>
>> No, I mean arrays of pointers to strings, with a string meaning char*.
>> The variable names I've chosen should make it clear that:
>>
>>    str (ie. string) is a char*
>>    ptr_to_str is char**
>>
>> and so on.
>
> Then you are using terminology that is clearly defined by the C standard
> in a manner inconsistent with the way the standard uses it.
>
>> Since it is impossible to work with an actual string itself, it's more
>> useful I think for 'string' to be a synonym for 'char*'.
>
> Whether it would have been more useful or not, the standard clearly
> defines the terms "string" and "pointer to string" in 7.1.1p1, which
> I've recently quoted elsewhere in this thread.

So you call a 'pointer to char', a 'pointer to string'.

OK.

-- 
bartc

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error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-08 09:55 +0200
  Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-08 10:05 +0200
  Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-08 10:38 +0200
    Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-08 11:55 +0200
      Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 11:01 +0100
        Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-08 12:18 +0200
          Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 12:02 +0100
            Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-08 09:00 -0700
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 17:50 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-08 11:37 -0700
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 19:49 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-05-08 20:13 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-08 12:44 -0700
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-05-08 20:24 +0000
            Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-09 09:54 +0200
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-09 10:15 +0200
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-05-09 12:12 +0200
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-09 11:47 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-09 19:06 +0200
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-05-09 17:10 +0000
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-09 19:20 +0200
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-05-09 10:35 -0700
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| jak <please@nospam.tnx> - 2017-05-09 20:04 +0200
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-09 11:57 -0700
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-05-09 12:50 -0700
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-09 12:54 -0700
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-09 20:15 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-05-09 14:13 -0400
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-09 11:41 -0700
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-05-09 12:16 +0100
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-09 08:11 -0700
          Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-05-08 12:12 +0100
            Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 13:45 +0100
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-08 09:04 -0700
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-05-08 19:53 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 20:44 +0100
                Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-09 09:27 +0200
              Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-05-09 07:10 -0700
            Re: error: initializer element is not constant| Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-05-08 09:30 -0700
  Re: error: initializer element is not constant| John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 08:05 -0700

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