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Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers
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Simon Josefsson |
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Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers |
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Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:16:50 +0200 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> The extra comma is an indication to the reader that we know there are
> missing zeros, and don't care. This style can be used for any object
> in C89, e.g.:
>
> mbstate_t initial_state = { 0, };
>
> where we don't know whether mbstate_t is a structure, or an integer,
> and the code works either way.
I recall some compilers complaining about a trailing ','s. Is it
really OK by C89? I'm just curious.