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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>

// WRONG WAY TO INITIALIZE A STRUCT OBJECT #2:  plain (old) initializer

// Define a struct type called 'struct Point' having two fields: x and y (both type int).
struct Point {
    int y;
    int x;
    char* name;
};  // DO NOT FORGET SEMICOLON

void print_point(struct Point p) {
    printf("%s:  .x=%d  .y=%d\n", p.name, p.x, p.y);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    // RIGHT
    // struct Point p1 = { .name = "BHEE 170",  .x =  1, .y = 70 }; // named initializer

    // WRONG - gcc will allow this but it is more error prone.
    struct Point p1 = { 1, 70, "BHEE 170" };
    // Reason #1: Requires remembering order of fields in the struct type definition.
    // Reason #2: Changing order of fields in struct type definition makes other code wrong.

    print_point(p1);
    
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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