[Bug c/8859] [CygWin] Initializer element allegedly not constant

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------- Additional Comments From dannysmith at gcc dot gnu dot org  2003-07-17 10:55 -------
This should be closed, IMO.  The initializer element is not constant, as 
explained in my last post, so the error report is valid.

Here is minimal testcase:

__declspec (dllimport) int foo;
int*  hook = &foo;

This is what MS compiler say about it:
cl /c address.c
d:\develop\bugs\address.c(2) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant

This is what gcc (3.4) says:
gcc -c address.c 
address.c:2: error: initializer element is not constant

A workaround is available for dllimported function addresses (not data) and 
that is to use -mnop-fun-dllimport switch to ignore the attribute for functions

Danny