Strange error with simple struct

Asked Mar 14 '15 at 19:46

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I have a struct:

struct Adjacent_signs
{
    char signs[] =  { '+','-','*','/' };
};

I'm trying to compile it with newest intel's compiler and I'm getting following error: error : assertion failed at: "shared/cfe/edgcpfe/decl_inits.c", line 2034 So I went there and found:

    //
// TEMPLATE CLASS vector<bool, Alloc> AND FRIENDS
//
typedef unsigned int _Vbase;    // word type for vector<bool> representation
const int _VBITS = 8 * sizeof (_Vbase); // at least CHAR_BITS bits per word

What I'm curious is: What on earth is wrong with my code and why I'm getting assertion failure for totally unrelated vector type?

Thank you.

edited Mar 14 '15 at 19:59

danijar

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You mean you have a file, say `test.cpp`, which contains exactly the 4 lines you posted? It should not compile because of the missing semicolon at the end of the struct definition. – Christian Hackl Mar 14 '15 at 19:49
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Can you supply an MCVE? – NathanOliver Mar 14 '15 at 19:50
This sounds like a compiler bug; reporting some handled condition. – user3344003 Mar 14 '15 at 19:51
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@user3344003 If he's getting an assertion failure from the compiler, it's clearly a compiler error. – James Kanze Mar 14 '15 at 19:57
Sorry about the missing semicolon. That semicolon is in my code, I've must have missed it when I was copying it in here. – There is nothing we can do Mar 14 '15 at 19:58
@NathanOliver Yep, MCVE is in OP ;) – There is nothing we can do Mar 14 '15 at 20:00
I haven't been able to compile it with any compiler available to me. The consensus seems to be that the array size cannot be determined. gcc, clang, and visual studio 2013 all fail unless the size is specified like `char signs[4]`. – Retired Ninja Mar 14 '15 at 20:01
@Thereisnothingwecando can you confirm that you are getting that error message *during compilation*? – Drew Dormann Mar 14 '15 at 20:01
@DrewDormann yep, I can confirm that. – There is nothing we can do Mar 14 '15 at 20:03
gcc 4.8: "error: too many initializers for 'char[0]'" – defube Mar 14 '15 at 20:03
@RetiredNinja That's surely is a bug in those compilers, isn't it? – There is nothing we can do Mar 14 '15 at 20:04
Well, I'm not a language lawyer, but surely if 4 compilers reject your code it's more likely your code is broken than all 4 compilers. – Retired Ninja Mar 14 '15 at 20:05
I'd say there is a bug with their diagnostic system, but that isn't anything new for ICC (for me anyways). – defube Mar 14 '15 at 20:05

Strange error with simple struct

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