How to initialize a struct in accordance with C programming language standards?

Question

I want to initialize a struct element, split in declaration and initialization. This is what I have: typedef struct MY_TYPE { bool flag; short int value; double stuff; } MY_TYPE; void function(void) { MY_TYPE a; ... a = { true, 15, 0.123 } }Is this the way to declare and initialize a local variable of `MY_TYPE` in accordance with C programming language standards (C89, C90, C99, C11, etc.)? Or is there anything better or at least working?**Update** I ended up having a static initialization element where I set every subelement according to my needs.

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>

//C does not have boolean type

typedef int bool;

#define true (1)

#define false (0)

//declares the structure and the pointer to it type

typedef struct _T_MY_TYPE

{

bool flag;

short int value;

double stuff;

} *T_MY_TYPE;

void init( T_MY_TYPE x)

{

x->flag=true;

x->value=15;

x->stuff = 0.123;

}

int main()

{

struct _T_MY_TYPE X;

init(&X);

int d = (X.flag)? 1:0;

printf(" %d %d %12.6lf \n",d, X.value, X.stuff);

}