Question

I am getting “Initializer Element is not a constant” error for the following declaration.

struct EBD_HEADER
{
    char   x;              
    int Key;     
    char Number;   
    int ID;       
    int Version;   
}EBD_HEAD;

struct EBD_TRAILER
{
    int Crc_0;            
    int Crc_1;           
    int  Etx;              
}EBD_TRAIL;

static const int EBD_HEADER_SIZE  = sizeof(EBD_HEAD);

static const int EBD_TRAILER_SIZE = sizeof(EBD_TRAIL);

static const int RMH_ENCODED_MSG_OVERHEAD = EBD_HEADER_SIZE + 
EBD_TRAILER_SIZE; //**error:Intializer Element is not a constant**

Answer 1

Use macros instead.

#define EBD_HEADER_SIZE sizeof(EBD_HEAD)
#define EBD_TRAILER_SIZE sizeof(EBD_TRAIL)
#define RMH_ENCODED_MSG_OVERHEAD (EBD_HEADER_SIZE + EBD_TRAILER_SIZE)

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