ir_variable *const existing = variables.get_variable(var->name);
if (existing != NULL) {
if (var->type != existing->type) {
- linker_error_printf(prog, "%s `%s' declared as type "
- "`%s' and type `%s'\n",
- mode_string(var),
- var->name, var->type->name,
- existing->type->name);
- return false;
+ /* Consider the types to be "the same" if both types are arrays
+ * of the same type and one of the arrays is implicitly sized.
+ * In addition, set the type of the linked variable to the
+ * explicitly sized array.
+ */
+ if (var->type->is_array()
+ && existing->type->is_array()
+ && (var->type->fields.array == existing->type->fields.array)
+ && ((var->type->length == 0)
+ || (existing->type->length == 0))) {
+ if (existing->type->length == 0)
+ existing->type = var->type;
+ } else {
+ linker_error_printf(prog, "%s `%s' declared as type "
+ "`%s' and type `%s'\n",
+ mode_string(var),
+ var->name, var->type->name,
+ existing->type->name);
+ return false;
+ }
}
/* FINISHME: Handle non-constant initializers.