Fatal Error C1311

COFF format cannot statically initialize 'var' with number byte(s) of an address

Remarks

An address whose value is not known at compile time cannot be statically assigned to a variable whose type has storage of less than four bytes.

This error can occur on code that is otherwise valid C++.

Example

The following example shows one condition that might cause C1311.

char c = (char)"Hello, world";   // C1311
char *d = (char*)"Hello, world";   // OK