GCC missing braces around initializer

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fred basset picture fred basset · Jul 19, 2012 · Viewed 50.1k times · Source

I have this struct in C below that I want to initialize to all zero. How do I get rid of the missing braces warning?

typedef struct {
    uint32_t incoming[FRAME_TYPE_MAX];
    uint32_t outgoing[FRAME_TYPE_MAX];
    uint32_t timeouts;
    uint32_t crc_errors;
} pkt_t;

static pkt_t stats = {0};

Answer

R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE picture R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE · Jul 19, 2012

This is GCC bug # 53119:

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53119

If you want to see it fixed, post a followup to the bug report indicating that it's a problem for you.

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