Re: [boost] [date_time, Boost 1.40.0]

Subject: Re: [boost] [date_time, Boost 1.40.0]
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-01 14:50:52

Christoph wrote:
> including 
>    boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp
> or boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp
> 
> gives lots of warning for the following line(s):
>   (boost/date_time/gregorian/conversion.hpp; posix_time, tooo)
>   line 44
>   std::tm datetm = {}; // zero initialization is needed for extension
> members, like tm_zone

What warnings?

> I admit I don't understand the comment.

std::tm has nonstandard members on some platforms, some of them are 
pointers. If these members are not zero initialized functions like 
strftime simply crash.

> Is it possible to fix that (correctly) such that including the header does
> not produce like 20 warnings in each .cpp file including the header?
> (I am using linux running gcc 4.1.2)

I don't see what's inappropriate in these lines, hence I don't see what 
to fix.