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Bug 676977 - invalid C code for array of nullable structs with initializer
invalid C code for array of nullable structs with initializer
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: vala
Classification: Core
Component: Arrays
0.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Vala maintainers
Vala maintainers
invalid-c-code
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-05-28 16:17 UTC by Kerrick Staley
Modified: 2018-05-22 14:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
The offending Vala code (390 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2012-05-28 16:17 UTC, Kerrick Staley 		Details
The generated C code (546 bytes, text/x-csrc)
2012-05-28 16:18 UTC, Kerrick Staley 		Details

Description Kerrick Staley 2012-05-28 16:17:29 UTC 
Created attachment 215135 [details]
The offending Vala code

The attached Vala code won't compile. The offending snippet is
const OptionEntry?[] entries = { /* initializer */ };

valac exits with the error
error: cc exited with status 256

There are also many errors of the form
** (valac:6762): CRITICAL **: vala_ccode_function_add_assignment: assertion `self != NULL' failed

In the generated C code (also attached), you can see that the array "entries" is declared and initialized, but the individual elements of the array are never declared/initialized, so the C compiler gives the error
error: ‘_tmp0_’ undeclared here (not in a function)
Comment 1 Kerrick Staley 2012-05-28 16:18:26 UTC 
Created attachment 215136 [details]
The generated C code

valac generates this from the array_of_nullable_structs_issue.vala file
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 14:25:41 UTC 
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