From bde5be67933e247a6362de21e011c7f4147fbea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: acqn <acqn163@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 06:25:36 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improved error message on initializing extern variables
 inside functions.

---
 src/cc65/locals.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cc65/locals.c b/src/cc65/locals.c
index 6b4c13fce..de2074211 100644
--- a/src/cc65/locals.c
+++ b/src/cc65/locals.c
@@ -493,7 +493,10 @@ static void ParseOneDecl (const DeclSpec* Spec)
         if ((Decl.StorageClass & SC_EXTERN) == SC_EXTERN) {
             /* External identifier - may not get initialized */
             if (CurTok.Tok == TOK_ASSIGN) {
-                Error ("Cannot initialize externals");
+                Error ("Cannot initialize extern variable '%s'", Decl.Ident);
+                /* Avoid excess errors */
+                NextToken ();
+                ParseInit (Decl.Type);
             }
         }