Am 07.04.2005 um 15:32 Uhr +0200 schrieb Georg Schwarz:
>I am trying to compile x11/Xaw-Xpm using gcc 2.95. It fails like this:
>
>laylex.c:45: initializer element is not constant
>laylex.c:45: (near initialization for `LayYYin')
>laylex.c:45: initializer element is not constant
>laylex.c:45: (near initialization for `LayYYout')
>
>The respective line looks like this:
>
>FILE *LayYYin = {stdin}, *LayYYout = {stdout};
>
>What are the brackets for?

FILE is a struct, see <stdio.h>.

>Does anyone know why it fails? The two variables seem to be defined
>globally in that line. Why aren't stdin and stdout considered constants?

Well, what are they?

Try compiling with -E and look at the preprocessor output to find out 
what the compiler gets to see.

	hauke


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