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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:31:05 -0700
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 15:05:59 +0200
> Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> wrote:
>
>> For instance, if I'm not mistaken,
>> designated initializers, which are very handy and have been available
>> in C since C99 (25 years ago) have appeared only in C++20, about 20
>> years later.
>
> AFAIK, even C++23 provides only a subset of C99 designated initializers.
> The biggest difference is that in C++ initializers have to be
> specified in the same order as declarations for respective fields.

More importantly, C++ does not accept compound literals at all.
(Disclaimer: to the best of my understanding.  I have given up
trying to follow what is happening in C++.)