sockaddr_in

Is it ok to zero out "sockaddr_in" like this:

Code:

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sockaddr_in clientService = {0};

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Instead of the usual:

Code:

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sockaddr_in clientService;
memset( &clientService, 0, sizeof clientService );

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yep, perfectly ok. It may not necessarilly have the effect you intend though. sockaddr_in is a structure, as such you need to zero out every member variable in it.

Thanks Abachler!

I thought this technique works the same for both arrays and structures.

In an array it zeros out every element.

It may work for your particular complilers implimentation, but afaik it is undefined behavior and may not be portable to other compilers.

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Originally Posted by abachler

It may work for your particular complilers implimentation, but afaik it is undefined behavior and may not be portable to other compilers.

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I don't believe that is undefined behavior. Is should initialize the members to zero.