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

In (ANSI) C99, you can use a designated initializer to initialize a structure:

MY_TYPE a = { .flag = true, .value = 123, .stuff = 0.456 };

Other members are initialized as zero: “Omitted field members are implicitly initialized the same as objects that have static storage duration.” (https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Designated-Inits.html)

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