[Bug c/53196] unknown struct name in C99 compound initializer doesn't generate error

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53196

--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-02 19:32:03 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Interestingly, the code without the typo:
> 
> struct foo {
>   int i;
> };
> 
> int
> main(void)
> {
>   struct foo f = (struct foo) { };
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> is rejected by g++:

That's simply because compound literals aren't valid in C++.

Also, to be valid C the initializer should be { 0 }, allowing an empty
initializer is a GNU C extension.