I don't get the error with the following

[Kenneth Lantrip]

code ================

const int Population = 50000;

typedef struct {
int IQ;
int Persistance;
int Account;
int AccStmt;
int Recruiter;
} pplstrk;

static pplstrk Person[Population];

============= endcode

gcc compile error:

pscam.c:25: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function


Is that not the way is supposed to be done? Did I learn a wrong way of
doing it?

Thanks.

 

[those who know me have no need of my name]

in comp.lang.c i read:

const int Population = 50000;

const qualified variables are not constants, merely read-only.

static pplstrk Person[Population];

thus this is a variable length array, which is only allowed within block
scope.

Is that not the way is supposed to be done? Did I learn a wrong way
of doing it?

you seem to have learned c++.

 

[Kenneth Lantrip]

in comp.lang.c i read:

const int Population = 50000;

const qualified variables are not constants, merely read-only.

static pplstrk Person[Population];

thus this is a variable length array, which is only allowed within block
scope.

Is that not the way is supposed to be done? Did I learn a wrong way
of doing it?

you seem to have learned c++.

LOL,

Yea, I got it fixed by making another #define

Seams, that not all compilers are created equil.

Thanks.

 

[Martin Ambuhl]

code ================

const int Population = 50000;

Population is a variable. If you need a constant, as for an array size
in a declaration, #define it.

typedef struct {
int IQ;
int Persistance;
int Account;
int AccStmt;
int Recruiter;
} pplstrk;

static pplstrk Person[Population];

============= endcode

gcc compile error:

pscam.c:25: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function


Is that not the way is supposed to be done?
No.

Did I learn a wrong way of
doing it?

Yes.

 

[Mark McIntyre]

Yea, I got it fixed by making another #define

Seams, that not all compilers are created equil.

No! Read the previous poster's explanation again.

Your code was wrong - not the compiler.