Am 15.07.19 um 16:46 schrieb Jeff King: > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 10:30:27AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote: >>> But it does fall down >>> when the first element _has_ to be a struct (like, say, any user of our >>> hashmap.[ch] interface). >> >> No, it does not. It is not necessary to spell out nested structs in the >> initializer. > > Ah, that is news to me. I know that this compiles OK with "gcc -Wall", > but is it guaranteed by the standard? Yes; see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1124.pdf, 6.7.8 §20, in particular, the sentence beginning with "Otherwise". -- Hannes
