I have a question about literals in C.
int a;
//a is an integer that is assigned an integer literal 414
a = 414;
float b;
//b is a float that is assigned a float literal of 3.14
b = 3.14;
struct point {
int x,y;
};
struct point b;
//{5,6} is a compound literal that is assigned to a struture.
b = {5,6}; //doesn't work.
b = (struct point){5,6}; //works.
That doesn't seem to work without a typecast? What is the reason for this?