From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Compiler bug? 28 May 1998 03:16:57 -0700 Message-ID: <19980528102211.25593.cygnus.gnu-win32@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <01BD88B7.E1BC03F0.jimen@adtech-inc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: "jimen@adtech-inc.com" Cc: "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" On 26-May-1998, Jimen Ching wrote: > I can't compile this code with b19. Is this supposed to be allowed? > > #include > FILE *xyz = stdin; > int main() { return 0; } No, that is not supposed to be allowed. Your code is not strictly conforming ANSI C. Use FILE *xyz; int main() { xyz = stdin; return 0; } instead. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".