BUG #16941: ECPG add support for const void*
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 16941
Logged by: Bryan Staley
Email address: bryan.w.staley@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 13.1
Operating system: RHEL 7
Description:
The following doesn't compile via ecpg
```
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
static const char[2] TEST = "F";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
```
Fails with
error: invalid conversion from 'const void*' to 'void*'
El día martes, marzo 23, 2021 a las 04:07:01p. m. +0000, PG Bug reporting form escribió:
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 16941
Logged by: Bryan Staley
Email address: bryan.w.staley@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 13.1
Operating system: RHEL 7
Description:The following doesn't compile via ecpg
```
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
static const char[2] TEST = "F";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
```Fails with
error: invalid conversion from 'const void*' to 'void*'
This would not even compile:
$ cc -v
FreeBSD clang version 11.0.0 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-11.0.0-0-g176249bd673)
Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd13.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/bin
$ cat c.c
static const char[2]1 error generated. TEST = "F";
$ cc c.c
c.c:2:26: error: brackets are not allowed here; to declare an array, place the brackets after the identifier
static const char[2]1 error generated. TEST = "F";
~~~ ^
[2]: 1 error generated.
1 error generated.
--
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My bad...
Try
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
static const char TEST[2] = "F";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:36 PM Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:
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El día martes, marzo 23, 2021 a las 04:07:01p. m. +0000, PG Bug reporting
form escribió:The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 16941
Logged by: Bryan Staley
Email address: bryan.w.staley@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 13.1
Operating system: RHEL 7
Description:The following doesn't compile via ecpg
```
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
static const char[2] TEST = "F";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
```Fails with
error: invalid conversion from 'const void*' to 'void*'This would not even compile:
$ cc -v
FreeBSD clang version 11.0.0 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git
llvmorg-11.0.0-0-g176249bd673)
Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd13.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/bin$ cat c.c
static const char[2] TEST = "F";
$ cc c.c
c.c:2:26: error: brackets are not allowed here; to declare an array, place
the brackets after the identifier
static const char[2] TEST = "F";
~~~ ^
[2]
1 error generated.--
Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/
+49-176-38902045
Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub
¡Con Cuba no te metas! «» Don't mess with Cuba! «» Leg Dich nicht mit
Kuba an!
http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2020/12/25/en-video-con-cuba-no-te-metas/