Is this C++ structure initialization trick safe?

Question

Instead of having to remember to initialize a simple \'C\' structure, I might derive from it and zero it in the constructor like this:

struct MY_STRUCT
{
            


        

Answer 1

Much better than a memset, you can use this little trick instead:

MY_STRUCT foo = { 0 };

This will initialize all members to 0 (or their default value iirc), no need to specifiy a value for each.