On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 2:29 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I wish if we could say > > struct patch patch = {}; that is actually a GNU extension that is supported by gcc and clang (at least) and that sparse also recognizes as valid; it is also valid C++ so it might be even supported by MSVC. it will obviously trigger warnings if using pedantic mode and is IMHO not worth the hassle to maintain in a portable codebase like git, but also wish could be added to C2X Carlo