On 03/07/20 15:22, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 at 20:22, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> On 03/06/20 17:40, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >>> On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 at 17:14, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 03/06/20 08:38, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >>>>> Bob reports that VS2017 chokes on a tentative definition of the const >>>>> object 'mEfiFileProtocolTemplate', with the following error: >>>>> >>>>> OvmfPkg\QemuKernelLoaderFsDxe\QemuKernelLoaderFsDxe.c(130): >>>>> error C2220: warning treated as error - no 'object' file generated >>>>> OvmfPkg\QemuKernelLoaderFsDxe\QemuKernelLoaderFsDxe.c(130): >>>>> warning C4132: 'mEfiFileProtocolTemplate': const object should be >>>>> initialized >>>>> >>>>> Let's turn the only function that relies on this tentative definition >>>>> into a forward declaration itself, and move its definition after the >>>>> normal definition of the object. That allows us to drop the tentative >>>> >>>> (1) s/normal/external/ >>>> >>> >>> Are you sure? The const object has static linkage. >> >> Yes, I'm sure. >> > > :-) > > I should have known better than to doubt you on a matter like this ...
That's very kind :) but I do need to be kept on my toes! > Thanks for the explanation. > Thank you, Laszlo -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#55662): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/55662 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/71768124/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
