Re: [PATCH 07/13] revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line options

Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
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The struct leaves out the variable "me".  A person might wonder why
the above rationale applies to the other variables but not that one. :)

Good point.

quoted

Unfortunately, parsing strategy-option violates a C89 rule:
Initializers cannot refer to variables whose address is not known at
compile time.

Reading this, one is led to wonder:
...
 - is this a regression?

Let me add one.

 - how does this patch work around that issue?