Initialization of multidimensional pointers with different dimensional anonym arrays inline - c

Question

I am having a noob problem.
I am making tetris in c.
I want to initialize a double pointer in a struct inline for every instance.
The width of the array differs, but it is defined in another variable.
Code:
typedef struct {
char height, width;
char **shape;
} Shape;
const Shape S_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{0,1,1},{1,1,0}}};
const Shape Z_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{1,1,0},{0,1,1}}};
const Shape T_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{0,1,0},{1,1,1}}};
const Shape L_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{0,0,1},{1,1,1}}};
const Shape ML_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{1,0,0},{1,1,1}}};
const Shape SQ_shape = {2,2, (char [][2]){{1,1},{1,1}}};
const Shape R_shape = {1,4, (char [][4]){{1,1,1,1}}};
int main() {
return 0;
}
It does not work. Here is the gcc error code:
tetris.c:11:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape S_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{0,1,1},{1,1,0}}};
^
tetris.c:11:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘S_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
tetris.c:12:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape Z_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{1,1,0},{0,1,1}}};
^
tetris.c:12:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘Z_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
tetris.c:13:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape T_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{0,1,0},{1,1,1}}};
^
tetris.c:13:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘T_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
tetris.c:14:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape L_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{0,0,1},{1,1,1}}};
^
tetris.c:14:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘L_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
tetris.c:15:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape ML_shape = {2,3, (char [][3]){{1,0,0},{1,1,1}}};
^
tetris.c:15:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘ML_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
tetris.c:16:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape SQ_shape = {2,2, (char [][2]){{1,1},{1,1}}};
^
tetris.c:16:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘SQ_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
tetris.c:17:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const Shape R_shape = {1,4, (char [][4]){{1,1,1,1}}};
^
tetris.c:17:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘R_shape.shape’) [enabled by default]
Gcc: (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) 4.8.4
Thanks!
SOLVED
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compound-Literals.html

Answer 1

You're missing some compound literals and using the wrong type in the one you're using. Here is a small example of what you might want:
const Shape S_shape = {
2, /* height */
2, /* width */
(char *[]) { /* Compound literals, declaring an anonymous array of `char *` with static storage duration */
(char []) {0, 1}, /* Another compound literal, declaring a static storage duration for a `char []` that will be pointed by `char *[]` */
(char []) {1, 1} /* Same as above, this one the next (and last) element of `char *[]` */
}
};
Without the comments (for readability):
const Shape S_shape = {
2,
2,
(char *[]) {
(char []) {0, 1},
(char []) {1, 1}
}
};
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compound-Literals.html