Re: [avr-gcc-list] AVR-GCC-list Digest, Vol 114, Issue 1

[Jim Wagner]

Big Difference. The first defines an array of characters and initializes it 
with the string "Hello There". In doing so, it even determines the size of the 
array for you. Note:  there is one more character than you might expect because 
every C string ends with a null character that you don't see.

The second does not even define a variable. A char just holds one character. 
But, you have not even specified a variable that the type char applies to. 

The two are totally different.

Jim Wagner
Oregon Research Electronics

On Jul 6, 2014, at 9:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:

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> Hi,
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> What is the differenence between:
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> __flash const char myString[] = "Hello There!" ;
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> __flash const char *myString = "Hello There!" ;
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> AFAIK, both should be same, but the 2nd gives the error:
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> " ... initializer element is not computable at load time"
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> Am I writing it wrong ?
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