# Optional properties get unwanted default values in memberwise initializers

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/optional-properties-get-unwanted-default-values-in-memberwise-initializers/52474>\
**Category:** Discussion\
**Tags:** init, optional\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optional-properties-get-unwanted-default-values-in-memberwise-initializers/52474 "2021-09-30T08:49:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![tera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/tera/32/38201_2.png) [@tera](https://forums.swift.org/u/tera)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optional-properties-get-unwanted-default-values-in-memberwise-initializers/52474/11 "2021-09-30T18:24:06Z")

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> [@tera](#):
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> David, thanks for bringing this up. please correct your link to point to the first post of that thread (if technically possible).

huh, as i feared this didn't fix the link attached to the head of this topic.. attempting to fix: [https://forums.swift.org/t/unexpected-memberwise-inits-for-all-optional-structs](https://forums.swift.org/t/unexpected-memberwise-inits-for-all-optional-structs)

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