Please refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3025050/error-initializer-element-is-not-constant-when-trying-to-initialize-variable-w "All the expressions in an initializer for an object that has static storage duration shall be constant expressions or string literals." On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Yu Sheng Oh <humbleoh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://gcc.1065356.n5.nabble.com/use-of-const-keyword-tp1098889.html >> Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
