title: What is "near-initialization"?
body: <p>In C, what does a "near-initialization" error mean?</p>
  
  <p>For instance, the following will generate the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int a[9] = {{1,2,3},{2,3,4},{3,4,5}}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>p.s Why does this example generate the error?</p>