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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch, comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Non-constant initializers |
| Date | 2011-05-12 16:52 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lniptfiiic.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <9337gtFoqoU4@mid.individual.net> <2u43Sw.GXK.PAfQI@btdt.invalid> <93389uFoqoU5@mid.individual.net> <PKQM7h.2nC.DM4ea@btdt.invalid> <93393vFoqoU6@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
> On 05/13/11 11:30 AM, Fred the Freshwater Catfish wrote:
>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:20:30AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
>>> On 05/13/11 11:17 AM, Fred the Freshwater Catfish wrote:
>>>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:07:09AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
>>>>> On 05/13/11 10:59 AM, Fred the Freshwater Catfish wrote:
>>>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been writing some code that I would prefer to be maximally
>>>>>> portable. As I have mostly used Linux, gcc is pretty much the only C
>>>>>> compiler I've ever used under UN*X. I'd like to use non-constant
>>>>>> initializers for some global variables. I'm pretty sure I can get it
>>>>>> to work the way I want under gcc, but what of other compilers? The
>>>>>> gcc documentation in info format says that ISO C99 allows this, and so
>>>>>> I expect some compilers built in the 90's will support the feature,
>>>>>> but to what extent is this true?
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you derive the initialiser values?
>>>>
>>>> It should end up being a function call most of the time.
>>>
>>> Then you either want C++, or a singleton fiddle as posted else-thread.
>>
>> Sorry, I'm not using C++.
>
> But you require a C++ feature...
>
> You could compile all but main() as C and compile the source file
> containing main() and your initialisers as C++.
Or, rather than using a non-constant initializer, you can call a routine
from main() that initialize the objects.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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