[patch] to bfd: K&R C fix

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Mon Sep 11 09:06:00 GMT 2000


  In message < 0009110342.AA10606@ivan.Harhan.ORG >you write:
  > Hi there,
  > 
  > bfd/elf.c fails to compile on 4.3BSD because automatic array debug_sec_name
  > s in
  > function _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr is initialised, and K&R C does not
  > allow automatic aggregate initialisation. However, the debug_sec_names arra
  > y is
  > constant, so making it static both fixes the problem and makes it more
  > efficient. The patch is below.
  > 
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  > 
  > 2000-09-10  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
  > 
  > 	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Make debug_sec_names static.
I'd prefer to keep it an auto variable and just initialize it in a K&R
friendly way.

jeff



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