On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:56:16 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:46:00 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> wrote:

> > So from C99 standard ยง6.7.8 (Initialization)/21:
> > 
> >     "If there are fewer initializers in a brace-enclosed list than 
> >   there are elements or members of an aggregate, or fewer characters 
> >   in a string literal used to initialize an array of known size than 
> >   there are elements in the array, the remainder of the aggregate 
> >   shall be initialized implicitly the same as objects that have static 
> >   storage duration."
> > 
> > static initialization == zeroing in this case.
> > 
> 
> The confusion here is that the above looks to be talking about arrays.
> But it really doesn't specify structures.

Bah, re-reading it, it does seem to talk about structures.

I hate reading specs, they learn how to write documentation from
lawyers.

-- Steve
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