Subject: Re: Compiler bug?
From: [email-masked] (Christopher G. Faylor)

29 May 1998 12:21:30 GMT
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In article <[email-masked]>,
Stipe Tolj <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Jimen Ching wrote:
>
>> I can't compile this code with b19.  Is this supposed to be allowed?
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> FILE *xyz = stdin;
>> int main() { return 0; }
>
>hmm, gcc says you need an constant initializer for an variable.
>
>My gcc 2.7.2.1 on FreeBSD 3.0 machine compiles without any comment. Is it a
>bug?

No.  It's not a constant.
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