maint: update copyright

[gnulib.git] / lib / wcsrtombs-state.c

diff --git a/lib/wcsrtombs-state.c b/lib/wcsrtombs-state.c
index cbdd250..fcf0bc3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/wcsrtombs-state.c
+++ b/lib/wcsrtombs-state.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Convert wide string to string.
-   Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2008.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -20,4 +20,18 @@
 #include <wchar.h>
 
 /* Internal state used by the functions wcsrtombs() and wcsnrtombs().  */
-mbstate_t _gl_wcsrtombs_state = 0;
+mbstate_t _gl_wcsrtombs_state
+/* The state must initially be in the "initial state"; so, zero-initialize it.
+   On most systems, putting it into BSS is sufficient.  Not so on Mac OS X 10.3,
+   see <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2009-01/msg00329.html>.
+   When it needs an initializer, use 0 or {0} as initializer? 0 only works
+   when mbstate_t is a scalar type (such as when gnulib defines it, or on
+   AIX, IRIX, mingw). {0} works as an initializer in all cases: for a struct
+   or union type, but also for a scalar type (ISO C 99, 6.7.8.(11)).  */
+#if defined __ELF__
+  /* On ELF systems, variables in BSS behave well.  */
+#else
+  /* Use braces, to be on the safe side.  */
+  = { 0 }
+#endif
+  ;