Re: [PATCH] mbsrtowcs-state.c, wcsrtombs-state.c: avoid compilation failure

[Jim Meyering]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>>> @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
>>>  #include <wchar.h>
>>>
>>>  /* Internal state used by the functions mbsrtowcs() and mbsnrtowcs().  */
>>> -mbstate_t _gl_mbsrtowcs_state = 0;
>>> +mbstate_t _gl_mbsrtowcs_state = { 0, };
>>
>> Is this correct for all platforms?  If I read Posix correctly, mbstate_t can 
>> be
>> a numeric type rather than a struct.
>
> Good point.
> Maybe we can use something like this instead:
>
>     static mbstate_t _dummy;
>     mbstate_t _gl_mbsrtowcs_state = _dummy;

FYI, while the above works fine inside a function,
it is invalid at global scope, since the RHS is not constant.
So we're back to my original proposal of using = {0,}.