> >#include <stdio.h>
> >FILE *a = {stdin}, *b = {stdout};
> 
> Interesting. Works fine for me with both gcc 3.3.3 (i386 netbsd-2) 
> and egcs-1.1.2 (mac68k netbsd-1-5-4).
> 
> The preprocessor output has
> 
> FILE *a = { (&__sF[0]) }, *b = { (&__sF[1]) };
> 
> in both cases, so the curly braces look redundant.

so I ran this on a few machines (compiling cc -c):

NetBSD 2.0/i386 gcc 3.3.3: works

FreeBSD 5.3 gcc 3.4.2:

x.c:2: error: initializer element is not constant
x.c:2: error: (near initialization for `a')
x.c:2: error: initializer element is not constant
x.c:2: error: (near initialization for `b')

Linux 2.2 or 2.4 with gcc 2.95.4:

x.c:2: initializer element is not constant
x.c:2: (near initialization for `a')
x.c:2: initializer element is not constant
x.c:2: (near initialization for `b')


SunOS 5.8 sparc with Sun cc: works
SunOS 5.8 sparc with gcc 2.95.3: works

IRIX 5.3 with SGI IDO cc: works
IRIX 5.3 with gcc 3.4.3: works

Is there maybe some additional include missing to the code for Linux and
FreeBSD???



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