Re: [PATCH] mbsrtowcs-state.c, wcsrtombs-state.c: avoid compilation failure

[Ben Pfaff]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>> -mbstate_t _gl_mbsrtowcs_state = 0;
>> +mbstate_t _gl_mbsrtowcs_state = { 0, };
>
> Is this correct for all platforms?  If I read Posix correctly, mbstate_t can 
> be 
> a numeric type rather than a struct.

The initializer for an object scalar type may optionally be
enclosed in braces.  From C99 6.7.8 "Initialization", paragraph
11:

        The initializer for a scalar shall be a single
        expression, optionally enclosed in braces.

C89 had similar text.
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