Is there a way to make a C++ struct value-initialize all POD member variables?

Question

Suppose I have a C++ struct that has both POD and non-POD member variables:

struct Struct {
    std::string String;
    int Int;
};

and in

Answer 1

You can add a base struct:

struct PODStruct
{
  PODStruct(unsinged int count) { memset( this, 0, count);}
};

And then your struct derived from this base struct, first place if you have more than one base structs,

struct Struct : PODStruct
{
  Struct();
  std::string Str;
  int Int;
}

Struc::Struct() : PODStruct(sizeof(Struct))
{
}