gEDA-dev: C question

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 12:12:58PM -0700, David Baird wrote:
> On 2/19/07, Evan Lavelle <sa212+geda at cyconix.com> wrote:
> >gcc extension, obsolete since gcc 2.5. The corect C99 form is
> >
> >> SPICEdev CCCSinfo = {
> >>     .DEVparam      = CCCSparam,
> >>     .DEVmodParam   = NULL,
> >>     .DEVload       = CCCSload,
> >>     .DEVsetup      = CCCSsetup
> >> };
> >
> >This is only useful for out-of-order intialisation, so it's not relevant
> >here anyway.
> 
> I kinda like it, even if everything is initialized in order :-)

The linux kernel sources use it extensively, fwiw. I think it improves
readability significantly.

Hamish
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