struct 做另一个struct的成员

1. struct A 变量可以做另一个struct AB  的成员

2. struct A 的指针可以指向 struct AB 的变量

3. struct AB 的指针 也可以指向 struct A的变量，but dangerous

4. 一切都在内存空间，只是指针指向而已。

/*
 * test.h
 *
 *  Created on: Sep 27, 2012
 *      Author: caoj7
 */

#ifndef TEST_H_
#define TEST_H_

struct date{
	int year;
	int month;
	int day;
};

typedef struct date date_t;

struct timer{
	date_t date_member;
	int hour;
	int minute;
	int second;
};

typedef struct timer timer_t;


#endif /* TEST_H_ */

/*
 * test.c
 *
 *  Created on: Sep 27, 2012
 *      Author: caoj7
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "test.h"

date_t birth_date = {2012, 9, 26};

int main(void){

	timer_t birth_timer = {birth_date, 1,1,1};
	timer_t *birth_timer_ptr = &birth_timer;
	printf("birth_timer is: %d %d %d, %d:%d:%d\n",
			birth_timer_ptr->date_member.year,
			birth_timer_ptr->date_member.month,
			birth_timer_ptr->date_member.day,
			birth_timer_ptr->hour,
			birth_timer_ptr->minute,
			birth_timer_ptr->second
			);

	birth_timer_ptr->date_member.year =  2000;
	printf("not change value in orginal struct, birth_date.year = %d\n", birth_date.year);
	printf("birth_timer is: %d %d %d, %d:%d:%d\n",
				birth_timer_ptr->date_member.year,
				birth_timer_ptr->date_member.month,
				birth_timer_ptr->date_member.day,
				birth_timer_ptr->hour,
				birth_timer_ptr->minute,
				birth_timer_ptr->second
				);
	//let a member pointer point to a whole struct address
	date_t *date_ptr = (date_t *)birth_timer_ptr;
	printf("%d %d %d\n", date_ptr->year, date_ptr->month, date_ptr->day);

	//
	timer_t *test_timer_ptr = (timer_t *)date_ptr;
	printf("%d %d %d, %d:%d:%d\n",
			test_timer_ptr->date_member.year,
			test_timer_ptr->date_member.month,
			test_timer_ptr->date_member.day,
			test_timer_ptr->hour,
			test_timer_ptr->minute,
			test_timer_ptr->second);

	test_timer_ptr = (timer_t *)&birth_date;
	printf("%d %d %d, %d:%d:%d\n",
				test_timer_ptr->date_member.year,
				test_timer_ptr->date_member.month,
				test_timer_ptr->date_member.day,
				test_timer_ptr->hour,
				test_timer_ptr->minute,
				test_timer_ptr->second);

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}