From a490eb969d7c7ed8b9cad1a27012cee868328e2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:57:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] C++03 compatibility initialisation

---
 include/etl/timer.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/etl/timer.h b/include/etl/timer.h
index da950ba2..7d4d57ad 100644
--- a/include/etl/timer.h
+++ b/include/etl/timer.h
@@ -126,8 +126,16 @@ namespace etl
     {
       typedef void* type;
 
+#if ETL_USING_CPP11
       static ETL_CONSTANT type No_Owner = ETL_NULLPTR;
+#else
+      static ETL_CONSTANT type No_Owner;
+#endif
     };
+
+#if ETL_NOT_USING_CPP11
+    owner::type const owner::No_Owner = ETL_NULLPTR;
+#endif
   } // namespace timer
 } // namespace etl