On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Is there a reason for that? I've found that .field = value is safer
>>> because it ensures that you don't end up initializing the wrong
>>> values? Or is it a compatibility thing?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> That was a bit too terse. The answers to all three questions are
> "Yes", "Yes", and "Yes".
>
> Together with enum ... = { A, B, C, }; we may want to consider not
> worrying about ancient compilers at some point, and it might be this
> year or next year, but I do not think we want to do that as part of
> this series.
Thanks, it makes sense. It is hard to remember when some feature got added.
Regards,
Jake
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