Re: Initializing Structures
Re: Initializing Structures
- Subject: Re: Initializing Structures
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:27:29 -0600
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014, at 04:11 PM, Greg Parker wrote:
> The C language allows a struct variable to be initialized in its
> declaration using the brace syntax, but does not allow that form to be
> used anywhere else.
>
> C99 adds this syntax ("compound literal") that works anywhere:
>
> NSView *view = [[NSView alloc]
> initWithFrame:(NSRect){{0,0},{80,20}}];
>
The compound literal syntax is also a lot more flexible: it can
initialize members by name; they can be initialized out of order;
members in nested structs can be initialized directly; and all members
that are not initialized explicitly are initialized to zero.
What I'm saying is, it's really handy and you should look it up.
--Kyle Sluder
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