static list initialization

[Peter da Silva]

> Without the 'extern', the compiler can't initialize 'head'.  But with it, I
> get a 'non-standard extension' warning, although everything works just fine.

Would this work?

static struct whatever emptylist[2] = {
	{ &emptylist[1], NULL, NULL },
	{ NULL, &emptylist[0], NULL }
};
#define head &emptylist[0];
#define tail &emptylist[1];
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