Re: [PATCH] run-command: introduce CHILD_PROCESS_INIT

> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 12:55:23AM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:
>
>> Most struct child_process variables are cleared using memset right after
>> declaration.  Provide a macro, CHILD_PROCESS_INIT, that can be used to
>> initialize them statically instead.  That's shorter, doesn't require a
>> function call and is slightly more readable (especially given that we
>> already have similar macros like STRBUF_INIT, ARGV_ARRAY_INIT etc.).
>
> I think one reason we never had an INIT macro here is that you cannot
> simply use the struct after zero-ing it anyway. That's just the first
> step, and then you have to tweak a bunch of fields to get what you want.
> So the memset is just one setup line out of many.