Comment by ephaeton

Designated Initializers done awkwardly a.k.a. "the C++ way"

  // Point2D point2d {.y = 2, .x = 1};         // (1) error

Oh my. The C++ committee keeps their flight altitude rivaling moles and worms. This is another brittle feature, just like the initializer lists that have to mirror the declaration order. In what world is this a better option than allowing any order? Can't compiler implementors be bothered or what is the rationale?? C does this better.