Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Joe Nelson (joe@begriffs.com) wrote:
>> If it's being put behind a macro then *stylistically* it shouldn't
>> matter whether {} or {0} is chosen, right? In which case {0} would
>> be a better choice because it's supported everywhere.
> The problem with {0} in the first place is that it doesn't actually work
> in all cases... Simple cases, yes, but not more complex ones. It's
> unfortunate that there isn't a general solution here that works across
> platforms (even if it involved macros..), but that seems to be the case.
There is a general solution that works across platforms; it's called
memset() and it's what we're using today. I'm beginning to think that
we should just reject this patch. It's certainly not enough of an
improvement to justify the amount of discussion that's gone into it.
regards, tom lane