struct initialization works one way, but not the other

[dwks]

Why is this?

#include <stdio.h>

struct idata_t {
    int max, cmax, pline;
    char *name, *data[100];
};

int main(void) {
    struct idata_t one = {.max = 2, .cmax = 0, .pline = 1, .name = "hippo", .data = 0};

    struct idata_t two = {.max = 2, .data = 0, .pline = 1, .name = "hippo", .cmax = 0};

    return 0;
}

The line in red causes a syntax error, while the green one doesn't!

I'm using Dev-C++ 4 if that helps (4, not 4.9.9.2).

[Dave_Sinkula]

Should it be like this?

struct idata_t two = { .max = 2, .data = {0}, .pline = 1, .name = "hippo", .cmax = 0 };

[dwks]

Oh, yes, sorry. But I got lots of errors on the red line:

unknown field `pline' specified in initializer
warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
unknown field `name' specified in initializer
unknown field `cmax' specified in initializer

The warning is what you pointed out. But what about the other three?

[dwks]

Oh, you're right. I changed the

.data = 0

to

.data = {0}

and it compiled perfectly.

Thanks.