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c++ - Constant expression expected?

reply "Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" <johann myrkraverk.com> writes:
Dear Digital Mars users,

Why does the following program fail to compile while Borland C++ 5.5 eats  
it.

dmc_wincall.c++(22) : Error: constant initializer expected
--- errorlevel 1


#include <windows.h>

typedef __declspec(dllimport)
   BOOL  __stdcall (*WriteFile_funptr)
   ( HANDLE, LPCVOID, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPOVERLAPPED );

template < WriteFile_funptr function >
void wrapper( HANDLE p0, LPCVOID p1, DWORD p2, LPDWORD p3, LPOVERLAPPED p4  
)
{
   function( p0, p1, p2, p3, p4 );
}

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
   HANDLE Stdout = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
   DWORD written;
   wrapper< WriteFile >( Stdout, "Hello\n", 6, &written, NULL );

   return 0;
}


The compiler is:

Digital Mars C/C++ Compiler Version 8.52.5n
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Written by Walter Bright
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Johann

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Nov 23 2010
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

 Dear Digital Mars users,
 
 Why does the following program fail to compile while Borland C++ 5.5 
 eats it.
 
 dmc_wincall.c++(22) : Error: constant initializer expected
 --- errorlevel 1



The problem is in the _declspec(dllimport). Such get compiled with an extra 
level of indirection, which the compiler regards as a non-constant variable
(the 
contents are set by the linker).
Nov 26 2010