c/4698: constant beginning with 0 as array index

[Martin Kahlert]

Hi!

On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:40:19PM +0200, bonnaud@iut2.upmf-grenoble.fr wrote:
> The following program does not compile:
> 
> int main(void)
> {
>   int tab[011];
> 
>   tab[09]=1;      /* error here only */
>   tab[10]=02;
> }

This is not gcc's error but an error by you.
011 is (in C, C++) the octal value 011 and thus == 9.
09 would be an octal value, but each digit of an octal value must be < 8.
Gcc tries to tell you this with its error message.

Hope that helps,
Martin.

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