Q41704: QuickC 2.00, Watch Statement on Implicit Length Arrays

Article: Q41704
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist2.00 | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 28-FEB-1989

When the array is initialized and declared in C at the same time, the
length does not need to be specified as the compiler counts the
elements in the array and allocates enough memory to store the array.

The following is an example of an array with implicit length:

   int x[] = {1,2,3,4,5};

The compiler would allocate the space for a five-integer array. When
the length of an array is stated implicitly, the QuickC Version 2.00
debugger is not able to set a watch-value debug statement on the array
correctly. A watch value debug statement on "x" would result in the
following

   x  { },

not the following, as expected:

   x {1,2,3,4,5}

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Version 2.00. We are
researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes
available.

To work around this problem, state the length explicitly in the array
declaration.

The following is an example:

   int y[5] ={1,2,3,4,5};

A watch value debug statement on "y" would now result in the
following, as expected:

   y {1,2,3,4,5}

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