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ID Category Severity Type Date Submitted Last Update
0000918 [1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1] System Interfaces Editorial Error 2015-02-04 22:17 2019-06-10 08:54
Reporter safinaskar View Status public  
Assigned To
Priority normal Resolution Accepted  
Status Closed  
Name Askar Safin
Organization
User Reference
Section getaddrinfo
Page Number 2013 edition, p. 927
Line Number 31262
Interp Status ---
Final Accepted Text
Summary 0000918: C99 forbids "struct addrinfo hints = {}"
Description -
Desired Action -31262 struct addrinfo hints = {};
+31262 struct addrinfo hints = {0};
Tags tc2-2008
Attached Files

- Relationships
related to 0000934Closed Requirement for zeroing the sockaddr_in and sockaddr_un structures. 
related to 0000939Closed Clarify getaddrinfo() hints initialisation 

-  Notes
(0002535)
geoffclare (manager)
2015-02-05 09:59

In addition to the problem raised here, there are a couple of problems with the related text on Page 924 Line 31149, "In this hints structure every member other than ai_flags, ai_family, ai_socktype, and ai_protocol shall be set to zero or a null pointer."

1. This is intended to be a requirement on the application, and so should be worded as "The application shall ensure that ..."

2. It is not clear whether "every member" refers only to the standard members or includes any non-standard additional members. I.e. can applications just set the standard members explicitly and leave any non-standard additional members with indeterminate values, or do they have to use a form of initialisation (as in the example) that implicitly sets all non-standard additional members to zero/null?
(0002538)
jilles (reporter)
2015-02-06 14:52

The proposed initializer causes a compiler warning (missing initializer) at strict settings (-Wall -Wextra) of gcc and clang. The compilers do not complain if a designated initializer is used, like:

struct addrinfo hints = { .ai_flags = 0 };

The following four lines can be folded into the initializer as well:

struct addrinfo hints = { .ai_family = AF_UNSPEC, .ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM, .ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE };
(0002539)
safinaskar (reporter)
2015-02-06 17:57

Missing initializer is just a warning, "hints = {0}" still confirms to C99. But "hints = {.ai_flags = 0}" is bad, for example, because it is not supported in C++, even in C++14
(0002540)
dalias (reporter)
2015-02-06 19:23
edited on: 2015-04-23 15:10

The warning mentioned in note 0002538 should be fixed as part of the resolution of gcc bug 53119 ( https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53119 [^] ). If it's not, this should be reported. {0} is the correct idiomatic "universal zero initializer" especially for types whose details are not specified, and compilers should not be discouraging its use. For example it's the only portable way to initialize mbstate_t.

(0002541)
safinaskar (reporter)
2015-02-06 23:51

gcc 4.9.2 already doesn't report this warning (gcc 4.9.2-10 in Debian).

(and dalias, please, put space after links, your link now points to non-existent bug number "53119)")
(0002542)
safinaskar (reporter)
2015-02-07 00:13

Same bug in clang: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=21689 [^]
(0002636)
Don Cragun (manager)
2015-04-23 16:33

An additional bug will be filed to address the issues raised in Note: 0002535.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-02-04 22:17 safinaskar New Issue
2015-02-04 22:17 safinaskar Name => Askar Safin
2015-02-04 22:17 safinaskar Section => getaddrinfo
2015-02-04 22:17 safinaskar Page Number => 2013 edition, p. 927
2015-02-04 22:17 safinaskar Line Number => 31262
2015-02-05 09:59 geoffclare Note Added: 0002535
2015-02-06 14:52 jilles Note Added: 0002538
2015-02-06 17:57 safinaskar Note Added: 0002539
2015-02-06 19:23 dalias Note Added: 0002540
2015-02-06 23:51 safinaskar Note Added: 0002541
2015-02-07 00:13 safinaskar Note Added: 0002542
2015-04-20 08:47 geoffclare Relationship added related to 0000934
2015-04-23 15:10 rhansen Note Edited: 0002540
2015-04-23 16:30 Don Cragun Interp Status => ---
2015-04-23 16:30 Don Cragun Status New => Resolved
2015-04-23 16:30 Don Cragun Resolution Open => Accepted
2015-04-23 16:30 Don Cragun Tag Attached: tc2-2008
2015-04-23 16:33 Don Cragun Note Added: 0002636
2015-04-24 09:06 geoffclare Relationship added related to 0000939
2019-06-10 08:54 agadmin Status Resolved => Closed


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