memset() or value initialization to zero out a struct?

Question

In Win32 API programming it\'s typical to use C structs with multiple fields. Usually only a couple of them have meaningful values and all others have to be zer

Answer 1

The value initialization because it can be done at compile time.
Also it correctly 0 initializes all POD types.

The memset() is done at runtime.
Also using memset() is suspect if the struct is not POD.
Does not correctly initialize (to zero) non int types.