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Subject:	const issues
Group:	Gcc-help
From:	Jason Pepas
Date:	29 Feb 2008

this compiles as expected:

#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
const int a = 42;
const int * const b = &a;
const int * const c = b;

return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

but moving the variables outside of the function causes gcc to die
with "error: initializer element is not constant" on line 5 (the "c =
b" line):

#include <stdlib.h>

const int a = 42;
const int * const b = &a;
const int * const c = b;

int main()
{
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

As best as I can tell, the error is a lie: I can't make that any more
const than it already is.

ideas?

-jason pepas