C - nested structure const initialization

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nested structure const initialization

Bryce Schober

2004-03-30, 9:31 pm

Consider the following two structures:

typedef struct {
int num_data;
int data[];
} part_t;

typedef struct {
int num_parts;
int parts[];
} container_t;

Ideally, I would be able to initialize a container something like
this:

const container_t container = {
2,
{
{ 4, { 1, 2, 3, 4 } },
{ 5, { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } },
}
};

My compiler complains about braces around a scalar initializer, but I
can't figure out a way to do this type of initialization in one neat
chunk. I feel like I must be missing something obvious...

Jeremy Yallop

2004-03-30, 9:31 pm

Bryce Schober wrote:
> Consider the following two structures:
>
> typedef struct {
> int num_data;
> int data[];
> } part_t;
>
> typedef struct {
> int num_parts;
> int parts[];

Did you mean to write

part_t parts[];

here?

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