• David Rushby <David_member pathlink.com> Oct 24 2005
• Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.cn> Oct 28 2005
• David Rushby <David_member pathlink.com> Oct 28 2005

David Rushby <David_member pathlink.com> writes:

Here's the example program:
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const int *x;
int y = 1;

int main() {
printf("*x is %d\n", *x);
return 0;
}

static this() {
x = &y;
}
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dmd 0.136 compiles this without an error message, and of course the output is
"*x is 1".

The most recent version of gdc (0.15) issues this output when I try to compile
the example program:
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const_lvalue.d:10: x is not an lvalue
const_lvalue.d:0: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
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Obviously gdc's internal compiler error is a bug in any case, but should it be
possible to initialize 'const' variables in a module's static constructor?

Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.cn> writes:

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David Rushby schrieb am 2005-10-25:
 Here's the example program:
 -------------------------------------------------
 const int *x;
 int y = 1;

 int main() {
 printf("*x is %d\n", *x);
 return 0;
 }

 static this() {
 x = &y;
 }
 -------------------------------------------------
 dmd 0.136 compiles this without an error message, and of course the output is
 "*x is 1".

 The most recent version of gdc (0.15) issues this output when I try to compile
 the example program:
 -------------------------------------------------
 const_lvalue.d:10: x is not an lvalue
 const_lvalue.d:0: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
 Please submit a full bug report,
 with preprocessed source if appropriate.
 See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
 -------------------------------------------------

 Obviously gdc's internal compiler error is a bug in any case, but should it be
 possible to initialize 'const' variables in a module's static constructor?


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Thomas

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David Rushby <David_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <h3e833-a76.ln1 eiche.kuehne.cn>, Thomas Kuehne says...
David Rushby schrieb am 2005-10-25:
 Here's the example program:
 ...


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Thanks, Thomas.  Somehow I missed the second part of the 'const' documentation
when I looked at it previously.