From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ctor ?
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:55:57 -0700
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Andrew Crabtree wrote:

>  If I compile the following code
> 
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  int f()
>  {
>  return 5;
>  }
> 
>  int x = f();
	...
>  As C the compiler complains that it is using a non-constant
>  initializer.

This is a valid complaint -- you are not writing good ANSI C.  In C, an
initializer (what's on the right side of the = sign when you are defining
a variable) must be a compile-time constant.

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