On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:51 PM, Charlie Barto <Charles.Barto@microsoft.com> wrote:

extern “C” VkResult vkCreateInstance(const VkInstanceCreateInfo*, const VKAllocationCallbacks*, VkInstance*);

  

in C:

VkInstance instance = 0;

VkResult result = vkCreateInstance(&(VkInstanceCreateInfo){

                .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO,

                .pApplicationInfo = &(VkApplicationInfo) {

.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO,

                                .pApplicationName = “Hello World”,

                                .applicationVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 1, 0),

                                .pEngineName = “No Engine”,

                                .apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_2

                }}, NULL, &instance);

 

This usecase isn’t supported if the semantics are (T){…} === T{…}


The following is legal given the proposal:

    VkInstance instance = 0;
    VkResult result = vkCreateInstance((VkInstanceCreateInfo[]) {{
        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO,
        .pApplicationInfo = (VkApplicationInfo[]) {{
            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO,
            .pApplicationName = "Hello World",
            .applicationVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 1, 0),
            .pEngineName = "No Engine",
            .apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_2
        }}
    }}, nullptr, &instance);

Although it looks somewhat strange (GCC
forbids array-prvalue -> pointer conversion,
but the standard allows it).

https://godbolt.org/z/7n6rG8orY

Does that work for you?

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