Default constructor in C

Question

Is there a way to have some kind of default constructor (like a C++ one) for C user types defined with a structure?

I already have a macro which works like a fast in

Answer 1

C++ is different from C in this case in the respect that it has no "classes". However, C (as many other languages) can still be used for object oriented programming. In this case, your constructor can be a function that initializes a struct. This is the same as constructors (only a different syntax). Another difference is that you have to allocate the object using malloc() (or some variant). In C++ you would simlpy use the 'new' operator.

e.g. C++ code:

class A {
  public:
    A() { a = 0; }
    int a;
};

int main() 
{
  A b;
  A *c = new A;
  return 0;
}

equivalent C code:

struct A {
  int a;
};

void init_A_types(struct A* t)
{
   t->a = 0;
}

int main()
{
   struct A b;
   struct A *c = malloc(sizeof(struct A));
   init_A_types(&b);
   init_A_types(c);
   return 0;
}

the function 'init_A_types' functions as a constructor would in C++.