Constructor for structs in C

Question

Given:

struct objStruct {
    int id;
    int value;
};

typedef struct objStruct Object;

Is there a shortcut to allocate and initialize the ob

Answer 1

struct thingy {
   char * label;
   int x;
};

#define declare_thingy( name, label, val) struct thingy name = { label, val }

struct thingy * new_thingy(const char * label, int val) {
     struct thingy * p = malloc(sizeof(struct thingy));
     if (p) {
          p->label = label;
          p->val = val;
     }
     return p;
}