Note also that C++20 designated initialisers are different from C designated initialisers. In C, the order doesn't matter and also you can mix designated and regular initialisers.

Cheers,
Timur

> On 2 Jun 2019, at 16:21, Timur Doumler via Std-Discussion <std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I was assuming this thread was about C++20, where designated initialisers are introduced, and work like I described:
> wg21.link/p0329
>
> If this thread is about C++17, then yes, there are no designated initialisers in C++17.
>
> Cheers,
> Timur
>
>> On 2 Jun 2019, at 16:14, Language Lawyer via Std-Discussion <std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> There are no designated initializers.
>>
>>> On 02/06/2019 17:12, Timur Doumler via Std-Discussion wrote:
>>> No. According to P0329, you can neither mix designated and regular initialisers, nor can you write designated initialisers in the wrong order compared to their order of declaration in the struct.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Timur
>>>> On 2 Jun 2019, at 15:26, Bjorn Reese via Std-Discussion <std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Assuming I have an aggregate, is it legal to initialize later member
>>>> variables with earlier member variables?
>>>>
>>>> For instance, is it legal to use a.x in the aggregate initialization
>>>> below:
>>>>
>>>> struct {
>>>> int x;
>>>> int y;
>>>> } a{42, a.x};
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