On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:32:05 +0200
georg.schwarz@freenet.de (Georg Schwarz) wrote:

> 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?
> 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?
> 
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> Georg Schwarz    http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
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I don't think brackets are needed, stdin and stdout are both pointers to FILE