Jim Meyering wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>
>> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>>
>>> @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
>>> #include <wchar.h>
>>>
>>> /* Internal state used by the functions mbsrtowcs() and mbsnrtowcs(). */
>>> -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.
>
> Good point.
> Maybe we can use something like this instead:
>
> static mbstate_t _dummy;
> mbstate_t _gl_mbsrtowcs_state = _dummy;
The {0,} init method works for scalar or aggregate types:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/programming/gcc/auto_init.html
Though as noted there, may give warnings.
cheers,
Pádraig.
