codegen: Allow null to initialize non-null struct inside initializer list

Fixes https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues/594

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 3e754e58e..5dfcd32a9 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	arrays/length-no-int-type.test \
 	arrays/struct-field-length-cname.vala \
 	arrays/struct-field-initializer.vala \
+	arrays/struct-initializer-null.vala \
 	arrays/struct-namespaced-initializer.vala \
 	arrays/incompatible-integer-elements.test \
 	arrays/resize.vala \
diff --git a/tests/arrays/struct-initializer-null.vala b/tests/arrays/struct-initializer-null.vala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..325f95b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/arrays/struct-initializer-null.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+struct Foo {
+	public unowned string s;
+	public int i;
+}
+
+const Foo[] FOOS = { { "foo", 23 }, {} };
+const Foo[] BARS = { { "bar", 42 }, null };
+
+void main () {
+	Foo[] foos = { { "foo", 23 }, {} };
+	Foo[] bars = { { "bar", 42 }, null };
+}