On Nov 27, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Alastair Houghton wrote:
> You *can* have non-constant elements in struct initialisers in C, *but* only
> in a context where there is code that will execute at runtime.
C++ eliminates most of these restrictions, btw. And you can make your code C++
simply by changin
On 27 Nov 2009, at 13:30, Jeremy Pereira wrote:
> You can't have non constant elements in struct initialisers, testy is not a
> constant. The error message spells out exactly what the issue is.
You *can* have non-constant elements in struct initialisers in C, *but* only in
a context where ther
On 27 Nov 2009, at 11:35, John Love wrote:
>
> I get "Initializer element is not constant. This pertains to the NSString*
> because if I directly substitute the following, no compile error happens:
> YearAmt gTest[] = {{@"testy", 10}
>
> What fundamental pertaining to C or C++ am I not getting?
On 27/11/2009, at 10:35 PM, John Love wrote:
> NSString *testy = @"testy";
> YearAmt gTest[] = {{testy, 10} /*, + others */};
>
> I get "Initializer element is not constant. This pertains to the NSString*
> because if I directly substitute the following, no compile error happens:
> YearAmt gTe
In my .h file, I have:
typedef struct YearAmt {
NSString *year;
int amount;
} YearAmt;
extern NSString *testy;
extern YearAmt gTest[];
In the corresponding .m file:
NSString *testy = @"testy";
YearAmt gTest[] = {{testy, 10} /*, + others */};
I get "Initializer element i
