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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:30:06 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: __dosexec_find_on_path question
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On Wed, 31 May 2000, Mark E. wrote:

[...]
> I missed that, thanks. And I didn't get a warning. Yet when I tried to use 
> constant integers (static const inst interp_flag_skip_search = 1), gcc told 
> me the initializer wasn't constant.

A 'const int' is not an integer constant, in C. This comes as a surprise
to everyone facing it the first time, but it's a fact of life. If you want
a constant with a name in a C program, instead of a magic number, you need
to either #define it or use it as an enum member.

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.