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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: BUG: mixing C constructors and field index fools gcc 2.9.5.2
Date: 8 Apr 2002 10:42:08 GMT
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Martin Sylvain <pype_1999 DOT geo AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
[...]
> As i'm a lazy coder, i do not feel the need to declare the content of the
> 'lock' component and only want to give a value to 'count', other fields can
> remain zeroes, that's ok for me, so i write

> mySem=(struct kSemaphore){count:1};

That syntax is wrong, I think.  You should have written

	mySem = (struct kSemaphore){count = 1};

':' indicates bitfields, not field names.  Check 

	info gcc "C Extensions" "labeled elements" 

again.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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