The warning is produced by the c code generated by vala.
warning: missing braces around initializer
The code works but the warni
Yes, this appears to be related to GCC bug 53119. It goes away if you change the C declaration to {{0}}. Your options are:
{{0}} instead of {0} on that line using sed or the like.extern in Vala, and write the C definition elsewhere. (The permanent version of #2.)struct foo { int bar; Position positions[8]; } static foo position_holder and {0} will then be initialising position_holder.bar which is fine and the warning goes away.