C structure initialization with variable

好久不见. 提交于 2019-12-04 04:42:06

问题


I've run into a problem that seems to not be addressed by any of the C Standards after C89 save for the mention that structures initialization limits had been lifted. However, I've run into an error using the Open Watcom IDE (for debugging) where the compiler states that the initializer must be a constant expression.

Here's the gist of what's going on.

typedef struct{
 short x;
 short y;

} POINT;

void foo( short x, short y )
{
 POINT here = { x, y }; /* <-- This is generating the error for the compiler */

 /* ... */

}

Any ideas why, or what standard disallows that?


回答1:


The following quote is from the C99 rationale:

The C89 Committee considered proposals for permitting automatic aggregate initializers to consist of a brace-enclosed series of arbitrary execution-time expressions, instead of just those usable for a translation-time static initializer. Rather than determine a set of rules which would avoid pathological cases and yet not seem too arbitrary, the C89 Committee elected to permit only static initializers. This was reconsidered and execution-time expressions are valid in C99.




回答2:


The problem is that C isn't an Object language and only does strict typing. Further, C maintains a difference between structs and arrays.

The way your code will have to work is

void foo( short x, short y )
{
 POINT here; 
 here.x = x;
 here.y = y;
}



回答3:


This is normal for C89... initializers do need to be constant, ie. able to be determined at compile time. This means no variables in initializers, and it's true for other types as well, not just structs. In C99, your code would work.



来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7700878/c-structure-initialization-with-variable

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