Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known?

[Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>]

On 08/03/2007 01:26 AM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
>> C99 spec that Al referred you to (available for around US$18 as a pdf) 
>> says in 6.7.8, para. 14 (where Al said):
>> 
>> "An array of character type may be initialized by a character string
>> literal, optionally enclosed in braces. Successive characters of the
>> character string literal (including the terminating null character if
>> there is room or if the array is of unknown size) initialize the 
>> elements of the array."
> 
> Wow... So, the terminating '\0' in the string constant IS "special" and 
> "optional"... Ok, then, THIS does answer my question, THIS I can 
> understand, and, ghm, accept...
> 
> Thanks to all who tried to explain this to me and sorry it took so
> long...

Ah come on, it would be great fun to now make the argument that that quoted 
bit doesn't actually say wat should happen when there's _no_ room for the 
terminating null character...

Rene.