From c3ac60dacc8d11602ba9003397d7baffd6b6d338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:17:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] (Structure Constructors): Give example with labeled fields.

---
 c.texi | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/c.texi b/c.texi
index 2347ecf..e7f97d2 100644
--- a/c.texi
+++ b/c.texi
@@ -6687,6 +6687,14 @@ expression (@pxref{Statement Exprs}):
 @})
 @end example
 
+You can also use field labels in the structure constructor to indicate
+which fields you're specifying values for, instead of using the order
+of the fields to specify that:
+
+@example
+(struct foo) {.a = x + y, .b = {'a', 0}}
+@end example
+
 You can also create a union value this way, but it is not especially
 useful since that is equivalent to doing a cast: