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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:28:02 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: Michael_K_Collison AT iassoc DOT ultranet DOT com
CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to: <8525676D.00183628.00@osiris.iassoc.ultranet.com>
	(Michael_K_Collison AT iassoc DOT ultranet DOT com)
Subject: Re: Problem with 'stdin'
References:  <8525676D DOT 00183628 DOT 00 AT osiris DOT iassoc DOT ultranet DOT com>


> FILE *p = stdin.
> 
> I'm getting an error from gcc that says: 'initializer element is not a
> constant. I thought this was legal C code. Am I missing something?

It's not legal C code.  stdin doesn't have to be a constant - it can
be a function or a pointer dereference.  In fact, in cygwin it's
defined to be (_impure_ptr->_stdin) - an expression which can't be
computed at compile time.

You'll have to initialize p in main() or something like that.

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