Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

[Simon Josefsson]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> The extra comma is an indication to the reader that we know there are
> missing zeros, and don't care.  This style can be used for any object
> in C89, e.g.:
>
>     mbstate_t initial_state = { 0, };
>
> where we don't know whether mbstate_t is a structure, or an integer,
> and the code works either way.

I recall some compilers complaining about a trailing ','s.  Is it
really OK by C89?  I'm just curious.