I stole an array from a Keil build where it (without the 'comment outs') built without problems, with SDCC I get "warning 147 excess elements in arreay of chars initializer after 'GCCAlanbas'.

To attempt to find out I started selective comment outs (see below for the results)


the definitions:

#define LRB_START_LGTH 4 // WD4- 
#define LRB_ID_LGTH    2 // 1=
#define LRB_ST_LGTH    4 // OK  /WET /ALRM
#define LRB_SP_LGTH    1 // -
#define LRB_TM_LGTH    3 // # cr lf

the struct:

// LAN record structured to make changes easy
typedef struct
{
U8        LRBstart[LRB_START_LGTH]  ; // preamble

U8        LRBid1[LRB_ID_LGTH]       ; // identifier
U8        LRBst1[LRB_ST_LGTH]       ; // status
U8        LRBsp1[LRB_SP_LGTH]       ; // separator

U8        LRBid2[LRB_ID_LGTH]       ; // identifier
U8        LRBst2[LRB_ST_LGTH]       ; // status
U8        LRBsp2[LRB_SP_LGTH]       ; // separator

U8        LRBid3[LRB_ID_LGTH]       ; // identifier
U8        LRBst3[LRB_ST_LGTH]       ; // status
U8        LRBsp3[LRB_SP_LGTH]       ; // separator

U8        LRBid4[LRB_ID_LGTH]       ; // identifier
U8        LRBst4[LRB_ST_LGTH]       ; // status

U8        LRBterm[LRB_TM_LGTH]      ; // terminator
} STR_LAN_REC_BAS;

for this use I have added lengths in the comments to make check easy

__code STR_LAN_REC_BAS GCCSlanbas =
{
//  { "WD4-" },         // LRBstart[LRB_START_LGTH] ; 4 // preamble      PLACE 1
                                                                      
//  { "1=" },           // LRBid1[LRB_ID_LGTH]      ; 2 // identifier    
//  { "OK  " },         // LRBst1[LRB_ST_LGTH]      ; 4 // status        
//  { "-" },            // LRBsp1[LRB_SP_LGTH]      ; 1 // separator     
                                                                      
//  { "2=" },           // LRBid2[LRB_ID_LGTH]      ; 2 // identifier    
//  { "OK  " },         // LRBst2[LRB_ST_LGTH]      ; 4 // status        
//  { "-" },            // LRBsp2[LRB_SP_LGTH]      ; 1 // separator     
//                                                                      
//  { "3=" },           // LRBid3[LRB_ID_LGTH]      ; 2 // identifier    
//  { "OK  " },         // LRBst3[LRB_ST_LGTH]      ; 4 // status        
//  { "-" },            // LRBsp3[LRB_SP_LGTH]      ; 1 // separator     
//                                                                      
//  { "4=" },           // LRBid4[LRB_ID_LGTH]      ; 2 // identifier    
//  { "OK  " },         // LRBst4[LRB_ST_LGTH]      ; 4 // status        
//                                                                      
//  { '#', 0x0d, 0x0a}  // LRBterm[LRB_TM_LGTH]     ; 3 // terminator   PLACE 2
  
//  {0}                                                                 PLACE 3
      
};

the result of the 'comment outs':

uncommenting 3: no error
uncommenting 2: no error
uncommenting 1 + 3: error


any help will be greatly appreciated

Erik