Hi Norm,
I think these type of assignments are part of the C90 standard. I am not sure
we want to support a compiler that cannot cope with that, but I may be to green
to know that. What platform is this on exactly?
//Stefan
> Am 26.08.2015 um 00:53 schrieb NormW <no...@gknw.net>:
>
> G/Morning,
> Herewith an svn diff that implements line-by-line initialization of three
> structures (no idea if there's a technical term for it) in place of the list
> method now used, e.g struct x = { , , , }.
>
> I acknowledge upfront that 'my' somewhat dated compiler cannot handle the
> list method, whereas the method portrayed in the diff is totally acceptable
> to it.
>
> However, I find the 'list' method less easier to 'read' as the struct
> elements are not 'visible', and one has to locate the struct definition
> itself to see what is being set to what. The method as illustrated by the
> patch is clearer (to my mind) and not affected by the order of the elements
> within the primary structure.
>
> Lastly I noticed at least one case recently where my diff 'simplified'
> because a struct was changed to the _suggested_ method, with the primary
> struct being created by a memset(); perhaps that's a similar change needed in
> these cases also?
>
> Regards,
> Norm
>
>
>
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