Thread: strange behavior using enum

I tested with this program:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

typedef enum {
    L_R,
    L_I,
    L_L
}S_LVL;

typedef struct abc {
    int mem_a;
    long mem_b;
    long mem_c;
    long mem_d;

    /*so on, and ... */
    S_LVL lvl;
}abc_t, *abc_ptr;


int main(void) {
    abc_t something;
    something.lvl = L_I;
    printf("L_R=%d\nsomething.lvl=%d\n", L_R, something.lvl);
    return 0;
}

My output was:

Code:

L_R=0
something.lvl=1

so clearly you are mistaken about L_R always being assigned.

By the way, do not typedef struct abc* to be abc_ptr. Just use abc_t* instead as the pointer typedef does not add any value over actual pointer syntax.