[Bug c/88144] New: remove long-obsolete syntax for designated initializers

[sandra at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88144

            Bug ID: 88144
           Summary: remove long-obsolete syntax for designated
                    initializers
           Product: gcc
           Version: 9.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: sandra at gcc dot gnu.org
  Target Milestone: ---

The GCC manual documents alternative syntax for designated initializers that it
describes as "obsolete since GCC 2.5".  It appears this syntax is still
accepted in both C and C++.

GCC 2.5 was released in 1993.  Why is this still a part of GCC?  Shouldn't
things that have been obsolete this long simply be removed?  Or, if the
alternative syntax is not obsolete after all, the docs should be fixed not to
say that it is.

Test case:

struct point { int x, y; };
struct point p = { x: 69, y: 42 };