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20 years ago

global pointer assignment error

Nios 5.0.1 In global scope: char test[20]="teststring"; char *cp1 = &test[0]; //this works char *cp1; cp1 = &test[0]; //but this does not It all works inside a function, ...
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20 years ago

Because the first assignment is done at compile time, and second assignment must be done at run time i.e. generates code. This is only allowed inside a function. Too early in the morning...