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[Bug c/53196] unknown struct name in C99 compound initializer doesn't generate error
- From: "joseph at codesourcery dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 19:59:46 +0000
- Subject: [Bug c/53196] unknown struct name in C99 compound initializer doesn't generate error
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- References: <bug-53196-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53196
--- Comment #4 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot com> 2012-05-02 19:59:46 UTC ---
On Wed, 2 May 2012, redi at gcc dot gnu.org wrote:
> Also, to be valid C the initializer should be { 0 }, allowing an empty
> initializer is a GNU C extension.
And indeed, with -std=c99 -pedantic-errors GCC rejects the C code for that
reason. The more specific error should certainly be detected, though.
See also bug 51034, a previous report again involving incomplete types in
compound literals.