Re: Proposal: Make use of C99 designated initialisers fornulls/values arrays

On 10/4/19 1:44 PM, Ashwin Agrawal wrote:

> macro exist in first place will be hard to remember. So, irrespective
> in long run, {0} might get used in code and hence seems better
> to just use {0} from start itself instead of macro/wrapper on top.
> 
> Plus, even if someone starts out with thought {1} sets them all to ones,
> I feel will soon realize by exercising the code isn't the reality.

I wish ISO C had gone the same place gcc (and C++ ?) went, and allowed
the initializer {}, which would eliminate any chance of it misleading
a casual reader.

If that were the case, I would be +1 on just using the {} syntax.

But given that the standard is stuck on requiring a first element,
I am +1 on using the macro, just to avoid giving any wrong impressions,
even fleeting ones.

Regards,
-Chap