Declaring struct as static is causing problem.

[param]

Declaring struct as static is creating problem with newer version of CC
compiler 5.7 in solaris.

e.g.

static struct new_str {
int a;
int b;
};

It shows the Error : "static" is not allowed here.

Pls help me out of this problem. Also what is the significance of
declaring type as static ....as is shown above for new type new_str.

Regards
Parminder

[Daevaorn]

struct new_str { //type cannot be static!
int a;
int b;
};

static new_str a; //declare a static variable

[param]

hi Daevaorn ,

That's true that type cannot be static. But this code was working fine
with earlier compiler
i.e. CC 4.2. I want to know what was the benefit of declaring "static
struct" at that time.

May be it was that :
1.) static was used so that it has global visiblity only in the
declaration file.
2.) or was it declared with the notion that declaring static struct
will force all the variables of this type to be initialized with
defailt values.

I don't know i am confused. what was the significance of declaring it
that way.

Regards
Parminder

[Daevaorn]

hmm...
May be this is the solve:

struct new_str {
int a;
int b;
} var; // that code works fine

[Daevaorn]

hmm...
May be this can solve problem:

struct new_str {
int a;
int b;
} var; // that code works fine

[Jack Klein]

On 13 Jan 2006 01:07:26 -0800, "param" <dh******@gmail.com> wrote in
comp.lang.c++:

hi Daevaorn ,

That's true that type cannot be static. But this code was working fine
with earlier compiler
i.e. CC 4.2. I want to know what was the benefit of declaring "static
struct" at that time.

There was no benefit, it's just that the compiler had a defect, so
someone wrote sloppy code that did not generate a diagnostic.

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