Question

gcc will warn about the following example code:

struct someStruct {
    char c;
    int i;
};

int main() {
    someStruct s { 'a', 3 };

    return 0;
}

warning: extended initializer lists only available with -std=c++0x or -std=gnu++0x

I want to make my code compatible to older compilers having no C++11 support.
Now when I try to compile it with either -std=c++98 or even -ansi -pedantic it still issues the same warning and compiles.

Is this a compiler bug or am I missing something?

Answer 1

You’re missing an =:

someStruct s = { 'a', 3 };