Declare

Why is the above legal, but the bottom is not? I'm using GCC 4.5.1.

const char *Array[] = { "asdfas", "sdfasd" };
const char *Array[] = { { -8, 1, 23, 42, -42, 12 }, { 14, 23, 123, -85, 34 } };

Because you're trying to assign to a const char * with an initializer list. What exactly are you trying to do?