From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:10:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strbuf: use designated initializers in STRBUF_INIT
Message-ID: <87wp7g9pzx.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
In-Reply-To: <20170710070342.txmlwwq6gvjkwtw7@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Jul 10 2017, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

> If this patch can survive a few releases without complaint,
> then we can feel more confident that designated initializers
> are widely supported by our user base.  It also is an
> indication that other C99 features may be supported, but not
> a guarantee (e.g., gcc had designated initializers before
> C99 existed).

Note that the GNU C designated initializers initially used a different
syntax than the one C99 adopted.

Andreas.

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