Member initialization of arrays of constants

[Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at web dot de>]

Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot) i386
on i586 CPU with 64 MB RAM

egcs 1.1.2

(glibc 2.1.3, libstdc++.so.2.8.0 and 2.9, libg++.so.2.7.2.8)

Options used: g++ s.cpp -c


If I'm informed correctly, initialization of member constants
can only be performed via a ctor's initializer-list. Member arrays
of constants cannot be initialized like aggregates and cannot be
initialized via a ctor's initializer-list either.

Egcs, however, compiles the following code examples fine by
mistake:


Example 1:  // ----------------------------------------------------

struct A
{
	const char a[4];
	int i;
};

void f()
{
	A a = { {'T','E','S','T'}, 1 };  // not allowed, but compiles
	
	// This would be okay, if it were an array of non-constants
	// in the struct.
}


Example 2:  // ----------------------------------------------------

struct A
{
	const char a[4];
	int i;
};

class C
{
	static const A a;
};

const A C::a = { 'T','E','S','T', 2 };  // not allowed, but compiles


Regards,

Mike