Here's the example program:
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const int *x;
int y = 1;

int main() {
printf("*x is %d\n", *x);
return 0;
}

static this() {
x = &y;
}
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dmd 0.136 compiles this without an error message, and of course the output is "*x is 1".

The most recent version of gdc (0.15) issues this output when I try to compile
the example program:
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const_lvalue.d:10: x is not an lvalue
const_lvalue.d:0: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
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Obviously gdc's internal compiler error is a bug in any case, but should it be possible to initialize 'const' variables in a module's static constructor?

David Rushby schrieb am 2005-10-25:
> Here's the example program:
> -------------------------------------------------
> const int *x;
> int y = 1;
>
> int main() {
> printf("*x is %d\n", *x);
> return 0;
> }
>
> static this() {
> x = &y;
> }
> -------------------------------------------------
> dmd 0.136 compiles this without an error message, and of course the output is "*x is 1".
>
> The most recent version of gdc (0.15) issues this output when I try to compile
> the example program:
> -------------------------------------------------
> const_lvalue.d:10: x is not an lvalue
> const_lvalue.d:0: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Obviously gdc's internal compiler error is a bug in any case, but should it be possible to initialize 'const' variables in a module's static constructor?

- -> http://digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html

Thomas

In article <h3e833-a76.ln1@eiche.kuehne.cn>, Thomas Kuehne says...
>David Rushby schrieb am 2005-10-25:
>> Here's the example program:
>> ...
>
>- -> http://digitalmars.com/d/attribute.html

Thanks, Thomas.  Somehow I missed the second part of the 'const' documentation when I looked at it previously.