From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: compile-error: stdin is not a constant
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:59:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19991103115903.A28115@drow.res.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <382076B7.B14665A2@univ-rennes1.fr>; from Martin Costabel on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 05:53:59PM +0000
On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 05:53:59PM +0000, Martin Costabel wrote:
> Maybe this will work (1):
>
> FILE *foo = (FILE *) STDIN_FILENO;
No no no no no! STDIN_FILENO is a -number-, not a -pointer-!
> In a similar situation, I learned from Tom Rini that the correct way
> would be (2)
>
> static file *file ;
> static void file_construct (void) __attribute__((constructor));
> static void file_construct (void) { file = stdin; }
Yes, that's it. gcc specific, but works. (1) is DEFINITELY wrong.
Dan
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-03 12:25 compile-error: stdin is not a constant Wolfgang Haeuptli
1999-11-03 15:36 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
1999-11-03 17:53 ` Martin Costabel
1999-11-03 16:59 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
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