Re: [PATCH] 2.3.41 - cleanup file_operations structs

From: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
Date: Mon Jan 31 2000 - 02:11:11 EST

James Manning wrote:
> As it stands, gcc 2.7.2.3 is still our baseline compiler so I'd rather
> keep things compatible with that my design, not by #ifdef.

$ cat z.c
#include <stdio.h>

struct foo {
  int a,b;
} bar = {
  .a = 5,
  .b = 7,
};

int main(void)
{
    printf("%d %d\n",bar.a,bar.b);
    return 0;
}

$ gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.3
$ gcc -Wall -ansi z.c
$ ./a.out
5 7
$ gcc -Wall -ansi -pedantic z.c
z.c:7: warning: ANSI C forbids specifying structure member to initialize
z.c:8: warning: ANSI C forbids specifying structure member to initialize

(Ditto with a gcc 2.7.2.1 that was built in '96.)

Not too bad, if you ask me.

- Werner 

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