Re: [Tinycc-devel] Const copy?

[Fabrice Bellard]

Philippe Ribet wrote:
> static const rsoc MRSOC = {
>     {
>         RSOC_SIZE,
>         ....
>
> static void rsoc_malloc(na_env*nae) {
>   rsoc* r = ((rsoc*)(se_malloc(RSOC_SIZE)));
>   rsoc_count++;
>   *r=MRSOC;
>
> I'm quite surprised because tcc refuses to copy const value in non-const
> variable. The error message is:
> hello_world1.c:1373: cannot cast 'const struct s_rsoc' to 'struct
> s_rsoc'
>
> Our aim is to use the const value as a model to initialize the
> variable. I do not understand why C rules forget this.

The assignment type check must be incorrect for structures - I will look 
at it.

Fabrice.