Initializing a const code structure with __DATE__

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