Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 01:38:00PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> index 9598b45f7e..cbe0377699 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> @@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ For C programs:
>> printf("%"PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)v). These days the MSVC version we
>> rely on supports %z, but the C library used by MinGW does not.
>>
>> + . Shorthand like ".a.b = *c" in struct assignments is known to trip
>> + up an older IBM XLC version, use ".a = { .b = *c }" instead. See
>> + the 33665d98e6b portability fix from mid-2022.
>
> FWIW, the use of the word "assignment" here left me scratching my head.
> Reading 33665d98e6b, it is about struct initialization.
Thanks, I missed that confusion in the new description. Perhaps
another round of reroll would make the series polished enough?
