Initialising struct in C++

[Natasha26]

I was playing around with struct and realised that when i inherit from a base-class, i can no longer initialise the inherited struct the way i'm used to.

struct Date{int dd, mm, yy;}
 
struct Employee{char* fname, *lname;
Date hiring_d;
short dept;
 };
 
struct Manager : public Employee{short level; //i've tried commenting this line for furher testing but no luck};
 

Here's how i initialise:

int main()
{
Employee e1 = {"Snoop", "Dogg", ' ', {25,3,2008}, 101}; //this is ok
Manager m1 = {"Gin", "Juice", '& ', {01,01,2000}, 101, 2}; //this fails
 }
 

I use Borland free compiler 5.5. And the error i get is:

Error E2190 Ch12DerivedClass.cpp 43: Unexpected }

Any idea? It's probably not possible to initialise derived structures like that? Nat.

[gpraghuram]

I think there is a missing semicolon in the structure declaration.

struct Date{int dd, mm, yy;};//Semicolon was missing here
 
struct Employee{char* fname, *lname;
Date hiring_d;
short dept;
 };
 
 

Raghuram

[Natasha26]

I think there is a missing semicolon in the structure declaration.

struct Date{int dd, mm, yy;};//Semicolon was missing here
 
struct Employee{char* fname, *lname;
Date hiring_d;
short dept;
 

};