Q34170: C4040 Occurs on Declaration of Huge Array

Article: Q34170
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 5.00 5.10 | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | 5.10
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 17-AUG-1988

The compiler warning "C4040 near/far/huge on identifier ignored"
occurs on the declaration of a huge array if the array is not
declared globally or statically. A huge or far array only can be
declared at the global (or static) level because local (auto)
variables are allocated on the stack and cannot be far or huge.
   To ensure that your arrays are allocated as huge or far arrays,
declare them at the global level or declare them with the static
storage class.

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