On 8 Sep 2005 13:25:53 -0700, "steve" <SteveKlett@gmail.com> wrote in
comp.arch.embedded:

> The following compiles fine in Visual Studio and is something that I do
> often:
> <code>
> int a = 0;
> int b = 0;
> 
> int* ptrs[2];
> ptrs[0] = &a;
> ptrs[1] = &b;
> </code>
> 
> This same code complains that "the size of an array must be greater
> than zero" in IAR.
> 
> Anyone know what I should do?  Is there a switch somewhere that I need
> to flip in the options?
> 
> Is this "bad" code, seems fine and legal to me.
> 
> Hope someone can help,
> Steve

Is this code inside a function, or is it at file scope?  If the code
is at file scope, you cannot perform the assignments, you must
initialize the variable in the declaration.

Change those last three lines to this:

   int *ptrs[2] = { &a, &b };

...and see what happens.

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confused!

It also complains with the same error about this code:
<code>
int tmp[10];
tmp[0] = 1;
</code>

seems like a bug or something to me  :(

The following compiles fine in Visual Studio and is something that I do
often:
<code>
int a = 0;
int b = 0;

int* ptrs[2];
ptrs[0] = &a;
ptrs[1] = &b;
</code>

This same code complains that "the size of an array must be greater
than zero" in IAR.

Anyone know what I should do?  Is there a switch somewhere that I need
to flip in the options?

Is this "bad" code, seems fine and legal to me.

Hope someone can help,
Steve