aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
index 624f9efe..56ea58b2 100644
--- a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
+++ b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
@@ -506,6 +506,11 @@ with the consecutive table elements, starting at either index
506all the remaining elements. Otherwise all remaining uninitialized 506all the remaining elements. Otherwise all remaining uninitialized
507elements are filled with zero bytes.</li> 507elements are filled with zero bytes.</li>
508 508
509<li>The above logic only applies to arrays with a known fixed size.
510A VLA is only initialized with the element(s) given in the table.
511Depending on the use case, you may need to explicitly add a
512<tt>NULL</tt> or <tt>0</tt> terminator to a VLA.</li>
513
509<li>If the table has a non-empty hash part, a 514<li>If the table has a non-empty hash part, a
510<tt>struct</tt>/<tt>union</tt> is initialized by looking up each field 515<tt>struct</tt>/<tt>union</tt> is initialized by looking up each field
511name (as a string key) in the table. Each non-<tt>nil</tt> value is 516name (as a string key) in the table. Each non-<tt>nil</tt> value is
@@ -518,7 +523,7 @@ or <tt>[1]</tt>. This process stops at the first <tt>nil</tt> table
518element.</li> 523element.</li>
519 524
520<li>Uninitialized fields of a <tt>struct</tt> are filled with zero 525<li>Uninitialized fields of a <tt>struct</tt> are filled with zero
521bytes.</li> 526bytes, except for the trailing VLA of a VLS.</li>
522 527
523<li>Initialization of a <tt>union</tt> stops after one field has been 528<li>Initialization of a <tt>union</tt> stops after one field has been
524initialized. If no field has been initialized, the <tt>union</tt> is 529initialized. If no field has been initialized, the <tt>union</tt> is