Re: lily/freetype-error.cc: const struct #include ;

[Werner LEMBERG]

[Wearing the FreeType maintainer hat]

>> I see a really weird C++ construct in this (short) file:

What's the problem?

>> lily/freetype-error.cc
>>
>> --------
>> const struct Freetype_error_message
>> {
>>   FT_Error     err_code;
>>   const char*  err_msg;
>> } ft_errors[] =
>>
>> #include <freetype/fterrors.h>
>>
>>   ;
>> --------
>>
>> The #include and the ; appear to be part of the const struct --
>> moving the #include further up in the file produces a compile
>> error.
>>
>> Does anybody know what this is doing,

It assigns info strings to error codes.

>> and more importantly, how it could be written in more
>> standard/typical C++ ?

Why?  After macro expansion, you get a simple structure.  And no, this
can't be written differently if you want to retain the flexibility
given in the FreeType code.  We regularly test with C++ compilers
(well, mainly with g++), and this construction has never caused
problems.


    Werner