parameter ‘my 2D-arr’ is initialized - c

Question

Consider this code:
enum
{
ERR_START,
ERR_CANNOTOPENFILE,
ERR_CANNOTCONNECT,
ERR_CANNOTCONNECTWITH,
ERR_CANNOTGETHOSTNAME,
ERR_CANNOTSEND,
};
char* ERR_MESSAGE[] =
{
[ERR_START] = "Nothing",
[ERR_CANNOTOPENFILE] = "Cannot open '%s' filename.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTCONNECT] = "Cannot connect.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTCONNECTWITH] = "Cannot connect with '%s'.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTGETHOSTNAME] = "Cannot get host name.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTSEND] = "Cannot send.\n",
};
Given this erros:
error.h:27:1: error: parameter ‘ERR_MESSAGE’ is initialized
error.h:29:2: error: array index in non-array initializer
error.h:29:2: error: (near initialization for ‘ERR_MESSAGE’)
error.h:29:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
error.h:30:2: error: array index in non-array initializer
[....]
I'm compiling with -std=c99.
How to fix this?

Answer 1

I think you are getting this message because another syntax error in the file (or something included before it). I pasted the code into a standalone C file and got no compile errors with gcc -std=c99 -c test.c and my GCC version is gcc (GCC) 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2).
A likely error (maybe the only one) is if there's a function declaration that is missing a semicolon. With the code
enum
{
ERR_START,
ERR_CANNOTOPENFILE,
ERR_CANNOTCONNECT,
ERR_CANNOTCONNECTWITH,
ERR_CANNOTGETHOSTNAME,
ERR_CANNOTSEND,
};
void foo()
char* ERR_MESSAGE[] =
{
[ERR_START] = "Nothing",
[ERR_CANNOTOPENFILE] = "Cannot open '%s' filename.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTCONNECT] = "Cannot connect.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTCONNECTWITH] = "Cannot connect with '%s'.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTGETHOSTNAME] = "Cannot get host name.\n",
[ERR_CANNOTSEND] = "Cannot send.\n",
};
I get the similar errors
est.c: In function ‘foo’:
test.c:13:1: error: parameter ‘ERR_MESSAGE’ is initialized
test.c:15:5: error: array index in non-array initializer
test.c:15:5: error: (near initialization for ‘ERR_MESSAGE’)
test.c:15:5: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
test.c:15:5: warning: (near initialization for ‘ERR_MESSAGE’) [enabled by default]
test.c:16:5: error: array index in non-array initializer
test.c:16:5: error: (near initialization for ‘ERR_MESSAGE’)
test.c:16:5: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer [enabled by default]
test.c:16:5: warning: (near initialization for ‘ERR_MESSAGE’) [enabled by default]
[...]