What is the correct way to initialize a Matrix in C++98?

Question

1. I'm not programmer
2. I want to compile Inkscape in win32, and stumbled on these error messages:

ui/dialog/filedialogimpl-win32.cpp:1379: error: in C++98 'matrix' must be initialized by constructor, not by '{...}'
make[1]: *** [ui/dialog/filedialogimpl-win32.o] Error 1

The suspected code of filedialogimpl-win32.cpp:

...
    // Draw the image
    if(_preview_bitmap_image)    // Is the image a pixbuf?
    {
        // Set the transformation
        const Matrix matrix = {
            scaleFactor, 0,
            0, scaleFactor,
            svgX, svgY };
        context->set_matrix (matrix);
...

So how is it written in C++98 standard?

I've googling it but no one encountered that way, could it be unrelated?

Answer 1

Instead of

const Matrix matrix = { scaleFactor, 0, 0, scaleFactor, svgX, svgY };

there should be something like this:

const Matrix matrix( scaleFactor, 0, 0, scaleFactor, svgX, svgY );