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BUG #19343: toast_internals.c:139:2: warning: missing braces around initializer [-Wmissing-braces]

PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> — 2025-12-02T19:41:40Z

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      19343
Logged by:          Natalie Reno
Email address:      natalie.reno@cchmc.org
PostgreSQL version: 16.11
Operating system:   RHEL7
Description:        

When compiling the latest version, 16.11, I received the following error:
gcc -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith
-Wdeclaration-after-statement -Werror=vla -Wendif-labels
-Wmissing-format-attribute -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv
-fexcess-precision=standard -O2 -I../../../../src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE
-c -o toast_internals.o toast_internals.c
toast_internals.c: In function ‘toast_save_datum’:
toast_internals.c:139:2: warning: missing braces around initializer
[-Wmissing-braces]
  }   chunk_data = {0}; /* silence compiler warning */
  ^
toast_internals.c:139:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘chunk_data.hdr’)
[-Wmissing-braces]

When I compared toast_internals.c files between 16.11 and 16.10, I found
this difference that is supposed to account for silencing the compiler
warning.

diff
/u01/app/postgres/product/postgresql-16.11/src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c
/u01/app/postgres/product/postgresql-16.10/src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c
139c139
<       }                       chunk_data = {0};       /* silence compiler
warning */ <-- 16.11
---
>       }                       chunk_data; <-- 16.10