Hi everyone,
I have the following working code:
typedef struct { int spam; int eggs; char padding[200]; } MyStruct; const char code foo[] = "This is a string."; const MyStruct code bar = { 1, 2 }; // padding not initialized
Because MyStruct includes padding that is currently unused, I would like to move the contents of foo into the structure. Within my application, this makes logical sense in addition to reducing the amount of wasted code space. I would like to do something like the following, but I can't get it to work:
typedef struct { int spam; int eggs; char foo[18]; // includes \0 at end char padding[182]; } MyStruct; const char code bar = { 1, 2, "This is a string." };
I am getting the error "non-address/constant initializer". Any suggestions?
-Scott
Yes, but the name Scott Armitage will be logged for future users as someone who can't handle constructive critizism. Lots of other users have come to realize that the quality of the help is related to the quality of the original problem description.
In a very large percentage of cases, it is possible to create a real example that shows the problem, without containing any source code secrets, i.e. allowing the full code set to be posted. Have you tried?
Is the issue it won't compile, or doesn't get init.
This compiles for me?
typedef struct { int spam; int eggs; char foo[18]; // includes \0 at end char padding[182]; } MyStruct; const MyStruct bar = { 1, 2, "This is a string." };
I could not get this to compile using the 9.x series of the Keil tool chain. Programmatically we have since reverted to v8.12, under which the (unmodified) source compiles just fine. I did not investigate further.