Julian Foad wrote on Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 20:53:26 +0000:
> DanielShahaf wrote:
> > Julian Foad wrote on Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 19:35:04 +0000:
> >> + if (source->url1)
> >> + {
> >> + svn_opt_revision_t revision1
> >> + = { svn_opt_revision_number, { source->rev1 } };
> >> + svn_opt_revision_t revision2
> >> + = { svn_opt_revision_number, { source->rev2 } };
> >
> > ISTR we had trouble in the past with some compilers not allowing these
> > non-constant initializers. (Fix would be to unroll the initialization
> > into separate lines of code.)
>
> AFAIK we've had this kind of initialization in the Subversion source
> for a long time now, so I'm treating it as de-facto acceptable even
> though not C'89. I've been writing quite a few of these recently.
> I can change them all to the long-winded alternative if proven
> necessary, but I hope it's not necessary because I really like the
> brevity.
I don't think it's necessary to change from the style used in the patch
if it works in practice.
