Brace elision in std::array initialization

Solution 1:

Brace elision applies, but not in C++11. In C++14, they will apply because of http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_defects.html#1270 . If you are lucky, Clang will backport that to their C++11 mode (let's hope they will!).

Solution 2:

Relevant: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/aggregate_initialization

In short,

struct S {
    int x;
    struct Foo {
        int i;
        int j;
        int a[3];
    } b;
};
S s1 = { 1, { 2, 3, {4, 5, 6} } };
S s2 = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}; // same, but with brace elision
S s3{1, {2, 3, {4, 5, 6} } }; // same, using direct-list-initialization syntax
S s4{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}; // error in C++11: brace-elision only allowed with equals sign
                        // okay in C++14