const int is not a constant in c, although it is in c++.
to initialize a const int, you have to use literal values.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:43 PM, bostjanv <bostjanv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am verifying a simple fact concerning the use of the const keyword.
>
> I wrote the following simple program
>
>
> ============================
>
> const int a=10;
> const int b=a;
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
> }
> ============================
>
> I tried it out with gcc, version 4.7.2 on Debian 7, and the result was the
> following:
>
> ============================
> bostjan@wwpecker-5-deb:~/workspace/OB2/src$ cc -c -o test.o test.c
> test.c:3:1: error: initializer element is not constant
> b
> ============================
>
> QUESTION: Is there a way to initialize a const to the value of another
> const?
> Regards,
> bostjanv
>
>
>
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