newbie IAR MSP430 ptr array ?

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

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  :(

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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