Question

In a dynamically created array of structs, what does every entry of the struct get initialized to?

Details:
If we create a dynamic array of floats like so:

float* arr = ( float* ) malloc ( 100 * sizeof ( float ) );

then the array can be populated by anything (see here). But I am having trouble wrapping my head around what happens when we substitute structs in for floats like so

typedef struct
{
   float x = 123.456;
} foo;

foo* arr = ( foo* ) malloc ( 100 * sizeof ( foo ) );

Are all the entries of the array arr created with fully initialized foo structs or do I have to go around and manually update the x value?

Answer 1

typedef struct
{
   float x = 123.456;
} foo;

You cannot have default values in structure types. This is not valid C code.

Objects allocated by malloc have an indeterminate value.