Re: how to initialize union?

["Deepen Mantri" <Deepen.Mantri@kpitcummins.com>]

>>union my_union {
>>  struct {
>>    int a;
>>    int b;
>>  };
>>  struct {
>>    char a;
>>    short b;
>>    void *c;
>>  } v;
>>};

>>And I want to initialize 2 global variables, of `my_union' type,
>>A and B to:
>>------------------------------------
>>A.a=1; A.b=2;
>>B.v.a='a'; B.v.b=16; B.v.c=NULL;
>>------------------------------------
>>I know how to initialize A by:
>>union my_union A = { 1, 2 };
>>But I don't know how to write the initializers for B.
>>Can gcc support this feature?


The union variable can be initialized with the help of,
union my_union B = {.v = {'a',16,NULL}};


Regards,
Deepen Mantri
KPIT Cummins InfoSystems Ltd.
Pune, India

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